Some new analytical results for plastic buckling and initial post-buckling of plates and cylinders under uniform compression

This paper is devoted to the theoretical aspects of the elastoplastic buckling and initial post-buckling of plates and cylinders under uniform compression. The analysis is based on the 3D plastic bifurcation theory assuming the J2J2 flow theory of plasticity with the von Mises yield criterion and a linear isotropic hardening. The proposed method is shown to be a systematic and unified way to obtain the critical loads, the buckling modes and the initial slope of the bifurcated branch for rectangular plates under uniaxial or biaxial compression(-tension) and cylinders under axial compression, with various boundary conditions.