We present an experimental study on the selection of the wave number in the buckling of a thin elastic rectangular plate, subjected to a compressive force while being held laterally. Boundary conditions act selectively through non-linear mechanisms to restrict the accessible states above threshold.
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Wesfreid et al. (1984) studied this question.
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