ABSTRACT
In the framework of a general stability theory for three-dimensional bodies, the buckling analysis has been carried out for a rectangular plate subjected to biaxial compression-extension. It was assumed that the surface stresses are acting on its faces and the plate behaviour is described by the Gurtin-Murdoch model. Using the linearization method, the neutral equilibrium equations have been derived and the linearized boundary-value problems have been formulated for both general case and the case of a symmetric plate. Solving this problems numerically for some specific materials, the critical curves and corresponding buckling modes can be found, thus the stability regions can be presented in the plane of loading parameters.
