ANALYSIS OF CURVED FOLDED PLATE STRUCTURES

A COMPUTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH IS CAPABLE OF ANALYZING CURVED FOLDED PLATE STRUCTURES SIMPLY SUPPORTED AT THE TWO ENDS AND COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS THAT MAY IN GENERAL BE SEGMENTS OF CONICAL FRUSTRA. THE PROGRAM IS BASED ON A HARMONIC ANALYSIS IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION, WITH THE LOADINGS EXPRESSED BY FOURIER SERIES, AND ON A FINITE ELEMENT STIFFNESS ANALYSIS IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION. THE STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY AND SOLUTION FOLLOWS THE DIRECTION STIFFNESS METHOD AS IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED PREVIOUSLY TO STRAIGHT PRISMATIC FOLDED PLATES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No Uc SEMS 70-8, 75 PP, 8 FIG, 2 TAB, 8 REF, 2 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720
• Authors:
  • Meyer, C
  • Scordelis, A C
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Curvature; Finite element method; Fourier analysis; Structural plates
• Old TRIS Terms: Curved profiles; Finite elements; Folded plates
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209326
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 3 1970 12:00AM