Abstract
A simplified computational procedure for shear buckling problems of rectangular thin plates with constant and variable thickness is presented. The discretization of the problem is carried out by means of finite differences. Geometric and material non-linearity are neglected. The effect of boundary conditions, aspect ratios, and tapering ratios on the shear buckling behavior are considered. The plate was analyzed with different tapering ratios (ta/to) (1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, and 2.0). It is concluded that the shear buckling behavior of thin plate is very sensitive to the magnitude of tapering ratio.
