Two-dimensional buckling problem for a composite reinforced with a periodic row of collinear short fibers

A solution is found to the two-dimensional buckling problem for a composite material reinforced with a periodic row of collinear short fibers and compressed along the fibers. The problem formulation is based on the piecewise-homogeneous model and the three-dimensional theory of stability of deformable bodies. The dependence of the critical strain and buckling mode on the fiber spacing is studied for various material and geometrical characteristics of the composite components __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 90–100, June 2006.