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Moderately Large Deflection of Laminated Thin Rectangular Plates
Author(s) -
Renganathan K.,
Nageswara Rao B.,
Manoj T.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
zamm ‐ journal of applied mathematics and mechanics / zeitschrift für angewandte mathematik und mechanik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1521-4001
pISSN - 0044-2267
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4001(200205)82:5<352::aid-zamm352>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - deflection (physics) , transverse plane , structural engineering , materials science , nonlinear system , boundary value problem , engineering , mathematics , physics , optics , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics
Studies are made on the elastic behaviour of laminated rectangular thin plates under uniform distributed transverse load with moderately large deflection. The effects of foundation parameters, the material parameters, edge conditions, and the aspect ratio of the plate are examined. In all the cases considered, the nonlinear load parameter increases with the maximum deflection‐to‐thickness ratio. The influence of in‐plane boundary conditions (movable and immovable edges) on the large deflections is significant. The nonlinear load parameter for any specified maximum deflection increases with the elastic foundation parameters.