This paper investigates symmetrical buckling of orthotropic circular and annular plates of continuous variable thickness. Uniform compression loading is applied at the plate outer boundary. Thickness varies linearly along radial direction. Inner edge is free, while outer edge has different boundary conditions: clamped, simply and elastically restraint against rotation. The optimized RayLeigh-Ri...

Characterizing the location of outer boundary radiation belt is a key aspect improving models and helps to constrain our understanding mechanisms by which source seed electron populations are transported into belts. In this paper, we hypothesize that there statistical differences in distribution function across boundary, thus analyze flux data from THEMIS (Time History Events Macroscale Interac...