EFFECT OF BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ON LOCALIZED INSTABILITY OF THE SEMI-INFINITE ORTHOTROPIC PLATE

ABSTRACT This paper is concerned with an investigation into the localized instability of a thin elastic orthotropic semi-infinite plate. In this study, a semi-infinite plate, simply supported on two edges and under different boundary conditions of clamped, hinged, sliding contact and free on the other edge, is studied. A mathematical model is used and a general solution is presented. The conditions under which localized solutions exist are investigated.