Closure of "Stability of Skew Mindlin Plates under Isotropic In-Plane Pressure"

This study considers thick skew plates under isotropic in-plane pressure based on the Mindlin plate theory. In this study buckling factors for skew Mindlin plates with simply supported and clamped edges have been obtained using the Rayleigh-Ritz method. Although only two boundary conditions are considered due to length limitation, the Ritz functions proposed can readily satisfy any combination of boundary conditions. The method can be used to analyze any general plate shape as well. The study shows that the effect of shear deformation on buckling capacity is more significant for skew plates with relatively large values of thickness-to-width ratios and skew angles.