An Investigation of the Bending of Symmetric Plates under Symmetric Transverse Loading.

摘要

An investigation is conducted on transversely loaded clamped plates using the displacement method computer program 'Matrix Analysis via Generative and Interpretive Computations' (MAGIC). Three plate configurations are examined. These are a rectangular plate without cutouts, a rectangular plate with cutouts,and a circular plate with a central circular hole. Each plate configuration is modeled using a number of different structural idealizations. Three bending elements from the MAGIC element library are used for the investigation. The elements used are the quadrilateral thin shell,the triangular thin shell,and the quadrilateral plate element. (Modified author abstract)