FORMULAS FOR FLAT PLATES WITH STRAIGHT BOUNDARIES AND CONSTANT THICKNESS

The folowing cases have been based on Roark's "Formulas for Stress & Strain" (6 th Edition).

If you wish to refer to Roark's, for the clarification of any point, the examples used can be found on page 458 onwa
The exact pages number for each specifica Case can be found, in brackets, in the following Index.

Case No Title (Loading)

1.a Uniform Loading Over the Entire Plate

1.b Uniform Loading Over a Small Concentric Circle of Radius ro

1.c Uniform Loading Over a Central Rectangular Area

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found on page 458 onwards.

Roark's
Page No

458

458

459
FORMULAS FOR FLAT PLATES WITH STRAIGHT BOUNDARIES AND CONSTANT THICKNESS

Case 1.a. Rectangular Plate; all edges simply supported, uniformly loaded over entire plate.

From Roark's Formulas for Stre

a= 3270.00 mm Page 458

b= 700.00 mm

Thickness, t = 6.50 mm Total load = 5613.80 N (Therefore; q =

Young's Modulus, E = 207.00 10^3 N/mm2 (Only required when calculating deflection)

OUTPUTS

Max Stress = 21.08 N/mm2 (At centre)

Max Deflection = -1450.18 10^-3 mm (At centre)

Max Reaction = 0.86 N (At centre of long sides) VALIDATION REFERENCE:

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From Roark's Formulas for Stress & Strain (6th Edition)

N (Therefore; q = 0.00 N/mm2)

DATION REFERENCE:
Table for calculating Beta, Alpha and Gamma, for ratios of a/b for case 1.a.

a/b 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 3 4

Beta 0.2874 0.3762 0.453 0.5172 0.5688 0.6102 0.7134 0.741
Alpha 0.0444 0.0616 0.077 0.0906 0.1017 0.111 0.1335 0.14
Gamma 0.42 0.455 0.478 0.491 0.499 0.503 0.505 0.502

a/b = 4.7

Beta = 0.741

Alpha = 0.14

Gamma = 0.502
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0.7476 0.75
0.1417 0.1421
0.501 0.5
FORMULAS FOR FLAT PLATES WITH STRAIGHT BOUNDARIES AND CONSTANT THICKNESS

Case 1.b. Rectangular Plate; all edges simply supported, uniformly loaded over a small concentric circle.

a= 100.00 mm

b= 80.00 mm

Thickness, t = 10.00 mm Total load= 100.00 N

Radius, r = 3.00 mm Therefore r'o = 3.95 mm

Poissons ratio, v= 0.30

Young's Modulus, E = 207.00 10^3 N/mm2 (Only required when calculating deflection)

OUTPUTS

Max Stress = 21.09 N/mm2 (At centre)

Max Deflection = -0.46 10^-3 mm VALIDATION REFERENCE:

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mall concentric circle.

From Roarks Formulas for Stress & Strain (6th Edition)

Page 458

DATION REFERENCE:
Table for calculating Beta and Alpha, for ratios of a/b for case 1.b.

a/b 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 3

Beta 0.435 0.65 0.789 0.875 0.927 0.985 1
Alpha 0.1267 0.1478 0.1621 0.1715 0.177 0.1805 0.1851

a/b = 1.25

Beta = 0.65

Alpha = 0.1478

r'o is the equivalent radius of contact for a load concentrated on a very small area and is dependant on the ratio of r

If ro <0.5t, then r'o = 3.945794

If ro >0.5t, then r'o = 3

In this case r'o = 3.945794

Maximum stress = 21.08873

(A) 5.305165 * [(B) 1.3 * (C) 2.557794 +

ependant on the ratio of r 0 to t.

(D) 0.65 ]
FORMULAS FOR FLAT PLATES WITH STRAIGHT BOUNDARIES AND CONSTANT THICKNESS

Case 1.c. Rectangular Plate; all edges simply supported, uniformly loaded over central rectangular area.

a= 600.00 mm

a1 = 500.00 mm

b1 = 50.00 mm b=

Thickness, t = 5.00 mm Total load = 10000.00 N (Therefore; q =

Young's Modulus, E = 207.00 10^3 N/mm2 (Only required when calculating deflection)

OUTPUTS

Max Stress = 21.08 N/mm2 (At centre) VALIDATION REFERENCE:

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From Roarks Formulas for Stress & Strain (6th Edition)

Page 459

300.00 mm

0.40 N/mm2; and W = 10000.00 N/mm2)

DATION REFERENCE:
Table for calculating Beta, for case 1.c.

Beta is dependant on both the ration of a/b, and the ratios of a 1/b and b1/b

a/b = 2

Max Stress = 0.64 (based on choice of following Tables)

a=b

a1/b = 1.7

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

0 1.82 1.38 1.12 0.93
0.2 1.82 1.28 1.08 0.9 0.76
b1/b = 0.2 0.4 1.39 1.07 0.84 0.72 0.62
0.6 1.12 0.9 0.72 0.6 0.52
0.8 0.92 0.76 0.62 0.51 0.42
1 0.76 0.63 0.52 0.42 0.35

a = 1.4b

a1/b = 1.7

0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.2

0 2 1.55 1.12 0.84
0.2 1.78 1.43 1.23 0.95 0.74
b1/b = 0.2 0.4 1.39 1.13 1 0.8 0.62
0.6 1.1 0.91 0.82 0.68 0.53
0.8 0.9 0.76 0.68 0.57 0.45
1 0.75 0.62 0.57 0.42 0.38

a = 2b

a1/b = 1.7

0 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.6

0 1.64 1.2 0.97 0.78
0.2 1.73 1.31 1.03 0.84 0.68
b1/b = 0.2 0.4 1.32 1.08 0.88 0.74 0.6
0.6 1.04 0.9 0.76 0.64 0.54
0.8 0.87 0.76 0.63 0.54 0.44
1 0.71 0.61 0.53 0.45 0.38
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0.63

1
0.76
0.63
0.52
0.43
0.36
0.3

3
0.64

1.4
0.75
0.64
0.55
0.47
0.4
0.33

3
0.68

2
0.64
0.57
0.5
0.44
0.38
0.3