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A Computer Program for Analysis of Stiffened Plates Under Combined Inplane and Lateral Loads

Kavlie, Dag; Clough, Ray W.

UCB/SESM-1971/04, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-03, 73 pages (500/C23/71/04)

Together with the FORTRAN IV program and several examples of bending and buckling of stiffened plates, the report describes the use of the finite element method as the basis for analysis of stiffened plates subjected to in-plane and lateral loads commonlu found in the design of ship structures.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-71-04.pdf (3 MB)