Buckling Load Predictions of Panel and Shell using Vibration Correlation Technique

Abstract

Prediction of buckling loads is a very important phenomenon for aerospace and marine industry. In this paper buckling predictions of a submarine hull is considered by using a shell element and a rectangular panel is considered by using a plate element. The buckling load of a submarine hull can be predicted by using vibration correlation technique. Determination of these buckling loads can be carried out based on the boundary conditions of the submarine hull structure. The technique will be carried by considering both surface conditions and to determine the crippling load of a hull. This paper aims to use VCT for a submarine hull structure used in marine, ocean and can compare the results to aerospace industry by considering a rectangular panel for which buckling is predicted using vibration correlation technique . VCT is not very extensively used in case of thermal buckling. However in this paper, VCT is applied to verify the thermal buckling of a simple thin rectangular panel subjected to parabolic loading.