ANALYSIS OF PLATES IN BENDING USING LARGE FINITE ELEMENTS

PLATES IN BENDING ARE ANALYZED BY IDEALISING THE CONTINUUM AS AN ASSEMBLAGE OF LARGE RECTANGUALR AND TRIANGULAR ELEMNTS. THE FLEXIBILITY AND STIFFNESS MATRICES OF THESE ELEMENTS CORRESPONDING TO BOUNDARY DISPLACEMENTS ARE DERIVED USING FINITE DIFFERENCES. THE ANALYSIS INVOLVES SIMPLE MATRIX OPERATIONS WHICH CAN BE EASILY COMPUTER PROGRAMMED. THE STIFFNESS MATRICES DERIVED BY THIS METHOD ARE INTENDED FOR USE IN THE ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES WHICH CAN BE IDEALISED AS AN ASSEMBLAGE OF LARGE RECTANGULAR AND TRIANGULAR PLATE ELEMENTS, E. G. BOX-GIRDER SKEW BRIDGES. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

  ETH-Honggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15
  Zurich 8093,   Switzerland  CH-8093
• Authors:
  • Ghali, A
  • Bathe, K J
• Publication Date: 1970

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 29-40
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Kajima Inst Constr Tech /Japan/
  • Issue Number: 30
  • Publisher: Kajima Inst Constr Tech /Japan

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girders; Deflection; Information processing; Matrices (Mathematics); Skew bridges; Slabs; Stiffness
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00210146
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1973 12:00AM