LARGE DEFLECTIONS OF CURVED PLATES

THE SOLUTION OF TWO COUPLED PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, REPRESENTING THE BEHAVIOR OF AN ORTHOTROPIC OR ISOTROPIC CURVED PLATE, IS OBTAINED BY APPLYING THE FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE. VARIOUS ANGULAR BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ARE CONSIDERED (FIXED, FREE, ELASTIC) WITH THE RADIAL EDGES BEING SIMPLY SUPPORTED. EXPERIMENTAL TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON STIFFENED AND UNSTIFFENED PLATES. THE RESULTING EXPERIMENTAL PLATE DEFLECTIONS AND STRAINS ARE COMPARED TO THE ANALYTICAL DATA, GIVING EXCELLENT CORRELATION. /ASCE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 97, No ST 4, PROC PAPER NO 8045, PP 1143-1155, 11 FIG,
• Authors:
  • Lee, H W
  • Heins, C P
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of the Structural Division
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boundary value problems; Deflection; Finite differences; Orthotropic; Partial differential equations; Strain (Mechanics); Structural plates
• Uncontrolled Terms: Boundary conditions
• Old TRIS Terms: Curved plates; Strains
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209409
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1971 12:00AM