ON THE THEORY OF TRANSVERSE BENDING OF ELASTIC PLATES

Departing from a self-contained two-dimensional formulation of the linear theory problem of transverse bending plates, three distinct topics are considered. The first of these concerns the integration problem for the case of orthotropy, specifically in regard to the factorization of a certain sixth-order master-equation. The second topic concerns the boundary layer aspects of contracted or reduced boundary conditions for the interior solution contribution for the case of isotropic plates. The analysis of this is based on a new form of the well known general solution in terms of a deflection and a stress function variable, with this new form making it possible to distinguish between first- and second-order transverse shear deformation effects; the former being associated with the edge zone and the latter with the interior domain of the plate, with the shear correction terms for the interior being generalizations of the Timoshenko shear correction terms for beams. The third topic is a new system of contracted boundary conditions, both for the stress and for the displacement boundary value problem, in such a way that first-order transverse shear deformation effects are explicitly incorporated in the interior-domain solution contribution, without the necessity of a simultaneous determination of the edge-zone solution contribution. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, San Diego

  Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences
  La Jolla, CA  United States  92093-0085
• Authors:
  • Reissner, E
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deformation; Orthotropic plates; Shear stress; Structural plates; Structural shells
• Old TRIS Terms: Orthotropic plate theory; Plate deformation; Shell deformation
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130683
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech. Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: N00014-75-C-0158
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM