We consider a large deformation plane-strain problem involving a compressible orthotropic solid subjected to uniaxial compressive loading along one of the principle directions which is aligned with the boundary of a half-space. An exact solution for the displacement field is obtained and a condition for the smallest compressive load corresponding to the onset of a surface instability is determined. It is shown that when the compression occurs along the stiffest direction this condition is expressible in terms of a cubic polynomial, and that the corresponding critical load is lower than the well-known estimate which determines the critical load to be equal to the inplane shear modulus.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Topics:
Bifurcation, Compression, Deformation, Displacement, Plane strain, Polynomials, Shear modulus, Solids, Stress
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