The buckling of Rectangular Composite Plates with Cutout under Uniaxial and Biaxial Compression

The buckling strength and behavior of the simply-supported rectangular FRP plate with a centrally located hole under uniaxial and biaxial compressive loading is elucidated as the numerical results of FEM. The composite materials consisting of carbon-fiber/epoxy are treated as the case of angle-ply and cross-ply orthotropic laminates.