Linear and nonlinear analysis of stiffened plates

An analysis is presented for the large deflection of clamped laterally loaded skew plates with stiffeners parallel to the skew directions. The governing nonlinear differential equations are derived taking into account the eccentricity of the stiffeners. A numerical procedure involving the use of integral equations of beams and the Newton-Raphson method is employed to get the solution. Numerical work has been done. The effect of variation of skew angle and size of stiffener on the behaviour of the stiffened skew plate has been studied.