Despite their importance in benchmarking numerical simulations, buckling tests still feature compromises between component-level and high-fidelity large-scale tests. For example, compression-induced cannot capture the through-thickness or span-wise stress gradients wing skins. Consequently, results obtained often require careful interpretation conservative considerations before applying to a st...

In general, plates are classified as thick when the minimum dimension to thickness ratio (b/h) is less than 10, thin b/h ranges from 10 about 100, provided that plate maximum deflection (w/h) 0.2, and membranes approaches 100 w/h ≥ 0.2. Thick develop internal stress resultants governed by three-dimensio...