An analysis of the post-buckling of laminated plates of symmetric cross-ply

In this paper, general equations relating to the stability of laminated plates ofsymmetric cross-ply with initial imperfection factors are derived by using thevariational principle. Taking the deflection as the perturbation parameter, theequilibrium path of the post-buckling path of a simply supported rectangular plate isinvestigated with the perturbation method. An approximation expression and a typicalnumerical example are presented to manifest the post-buekling behavior of therectangular plate.