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Guedes Soares, C. (1988), “Design Equation for the Compressive Strength of Unstiffened Plate Elements with Initial Imperfections”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 9, pp. 287-310

A review is made of equations that have been proposed for the design of ship plates subjected to compressive loads. The effect of the various parameters is quantified showing that a design method should account explicitly for plate slenderness, residual stresses, initial distortions and boundary conditions. A new equation that includes all those variables is derived and calibrated with existing results of experiments and of numerical calculation. The uncertainty associated with the use of the equation is also quantified.

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