Download or read book Effect of Small Deviations from Flatness on Effective Width and Buckling of Plates in Compression written by Pai C. Hu and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (3) The Southwell plot method of predicting theoretical critical stresses for perfect specimens from experimental observations on actual specimens may not be expected to give, in general, satisfactory results when applied to flat plates.