FLAT PLATES OF PLYWOOD UNDER UNIFORM OR { CONCENTRATED LOADS March 1942 INFORMATION -REVIEWEE INF( “AND-REAFFIRMED— Please return to: Wood Engineering Research Forest Products Laboratory Madison 5, Wisconsin THIS REPORT IS ONE OF A SERIES ISSUED TO AID THE NATION'S WAR PROGRAM No. 1312 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY ison 5,Wisconsin ion with the University of Wisconsin eee omeFLAT PLATES OF PLYWOOD UNDER UNIFORM OR CONCENTRATED LOADS* By H, W. MARCH Head Mathemati¢ian Page Introduction... edna keget bars ie oe 3 Assunptions made regarding properties and structure of wood. Section 1. The elastic behavior of wood. 5 Plates with small deflections........0+-..+++ onesie & Section 2. The differential equation for the deflection :s of a plywood plate. e A ag Section 3. Rectangular plate under uniformly distributed load. Hages simply supported. * 9 Form of the deflected surface. Ati Pai Nag fae Central deflection of a plate exoressed aa a fraction of that of the corresponding infinite strip. Determination of Mo/a from a curve....-.5- Sree B Tests. epee: ay Section. Rectangular plate under uniformly distributed load. Eages clamped. aE eet hg Form of the deflected surface. eT Central deflection of a plate expreseed as a fraction of that of the corresponding infinite strip . BT Moata... 05 .us. iH 18 Section 5. Infinite strip. (Long narrow rectangular late.) Load concentrated at a point. Edees simly PUPPOR Ade. = es oe one Sere TENT Te Willa ed 19 Section 6. Infinite strip. Uniform load applied over a small area, Edges simply supported........... 19 Section 7. Rectangular plate. Load concentrated at a point or apolied over a small area. Hages simply supnorted......... oe «89 Gentral deflection of a plate expressed as a fraction of that of the corresponding infinite strip 5 a ee Plates with large deflections alge Section 8. Differential auations for the deflection of a plynood plate. oe ec 22 “This mimeograph is one of a series of progress rovorts issued by the Forest Products Laboratory to aid the Nation's defense effort Results here reported are preliminary and may be revised as additional data become available. Mimeo. No. 1312Section Section Section Section Appendix 1. Apvendix 2. Apoendix 3. Apnendix Appendix 5. Appendix 6. Appendix 7. Appendix 8. Appendix 9. Appendix 10. Appendix 11. Appendix 12. Appendix 13, Tablas L to 52. Figures 1 to Paze 9. Infinite strip (Long narrow plate). Uniformly distributed load. Edges simply supported..... 23 10. Infinite strip. (Long narrow plate). Uni- formly distributed load. Bages clamped....... 25 ll. Rectangular plate. Uniformly distributed load. Rages simoly supported. Aporoximate method... 25 12. Rectangular plate. Uniformly distributed load. Bages clamped. Approximate method.......+ 30 Stress-strain relations in orthotropic material 3 The differential equation for the deflection of = plywood plate. Small deflections. 3% Rectengalar plate under uniform loai. Bigee sinoly supported. Small deflections... he Rectangular plate under uniform load. clamped. Small deflections.......++ 50 Infinite strip. (Long narrow rectangular plate Load concentrated at a point. Edges simply euppor Eads sisyse en) tte ents me tard ps. 56 Infinite etriv. (Long narrow rectangular plate). Uniform load applied over a small ares. ages simply supoorted........2-sssersseeeeeeeee 62 Rectangular plate. Load concentrated at a voint or applied over a snell area. Biges sirmly supported. ...ss.seeeees er Ob Differential equations for the deflection of a plywood plate. (Large deflections)... Infinite strip. (Long narrow plate). Uniformly distributed load. Edges simply supported.......-- 79 Infinite strip. (Long narrow plate). Uniformly @istributed load. Bdges clamped.......ssceseneeee 82 Rectangular plate. Uniformly distributed loed. Edges simply supported. Approximate method....... 87 Rectangular plete. Uniformly distributed load. Biges clamped. Approximate method... 92 General notation. ee gu 99 18. 127