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From the condition that the potential energy assume a minimum value in an equilibrium configuration, results a system of n linear homogeneous algebraic equations ot n parameters which are introduced in the assumed displacement. For a non-trivial solution, the determinant of the coefficients must vanish. This gives a characteristic equation from which the buckling load is determined. The author has obtained a curve for maximum stress at buckling state, which shows that the result 1a better than that obtained by Prandtl in certain cases. The energy method has been generalized to a three dimensional problem to consider the displacement in all directions.","abstract_html":"This thesis is concerned with the buckling problem of a cantilever thin plate with its tree end subjected to uniform shear. The same problem waa originally solved by Prandtl in 1899, based on the equilibrium condition of a deep beam. 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