Plate Bending Introduction

review general beam, simply supported, clamped long plate long plate, boundary conditions (end restrained) not so long plate

see: bending with z load sheet for derivations

simply supported beam:

w
Q( x) := q b 2 q x

b z

1 d M ( x) q b q x 2 dx M max := 1 8 q b
2

1 1 2 Q( ) d q b x q x
2 2 0 M ( x) := q b 2 b x q x x 2
2

= 0 @ x = b/2

M x :=

2
I

1 8

q b

M ( x)

maximum when z = t/2, m(x) = Mmax 1 q b

2

x_max :=

M max t I 2 + tension other side of load

3 b 8 1 3 t t a x_max := x_max q - compression on load side I 2 2 4 12 t a ___________________________________________________________________________________________ I :=

clamped beam:

need to use delection

4 4

w
w to solve

t a

dx result: Given

M ( x) := q

x2
2

b x 2

b z
b b 1 24 q b
2

12 1 2

d M ( x) = 0 dx

Find( x)

M M max = M ( x = 0 , x = b) 1 x_max := 12 q b I
2

M ( 0)
2

1 12

q b

M ( b)

1 12

q b

t 2

x_max

1 2

b
2

- compression other side of load + tension on load side

t a

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long plate:
treating unit length (away
from end effects)

a := 1

t x a

w(x) y z

section at a simply supported free to pull in

w b z
x E y E

t
t da

strain in y constrained by adjacent plate anticlastic curvature R = 1/ R y := y E x E =0 y E x E' = x E where E' = E/(1-^2)

x :=

substituting => x:=

(1 ) x
2

or ... x:=

( 1 2)
E x 1
2 t

or ... x:=

rearranging =>
t

x :=

as in bending of beam:

x :=

z R

=>

x :=

E 1

2 R

2 M := x z dz t
2 3

2 2 E z d w z dz M := 2 dx2 1 t
2

M :=

12 ( 1 )
2

E t

2 2

M = My w

x dx

define:

D :=

2 12 ( 1 )

E t

M := D

2 2

dx x

moment relationships are the same: simply supported: 1 x_max := 8 q b I

2

clamped: (figure not shown)

2

1 x_max := b t
2

t 2

x_max :=

3 4

b t

12

q b I

t 2

x_max :=

1 2

b t

Hughes 9.1.7 is of the form:

x_max := k q

k = 0.75 simply supported k = 0.5 clamped N.B. stress is + & - from bending

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