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Topic 7: Plate

MEEM 5150
Spring 2008

Introduction

Flat plate – Middle surface lies in a plane

Thickness of a plate h is relatively small compared to middle
surface dimensions

Orthogonal curvilinear plate coordinates

Small deflection theory with constant thickness

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Stress resultants in a flat plate

Resultant tractions on a reference surface

Stress resultants in a flat plate

Resultant transverse shears, and bending and twisting
moments

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Strain-displacement relations for

plates

Three-dimensional problem of plate

Kirchhoff approximation

The Kirchhoff approximation implies that U andV are linear

functions of z. (u, v and w are functions of x and y)

Strain-displacement relations for

plates

Results from application of Kirchhoff approximate (two
dimensional plate problem)

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Rotation of a Plate Surface

Element

Small-displacement rotation of a volume element

Rotation components in terms of u,v on the middle surface

Strain components in terms of

Rotation of a Plate Surface

Element

For rectangular coordinates, The
strain components
x

Since

Strains in terms of (u,v,w)

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Equilibrium Equations for small-

Displacement Theory of Flat Plates

The complete set of equilibrium equations

For rectangular coordinates,

Equilibrium Equations for small-

Displacement Theory of Flat Plates

Moment equilibrium equation of plate by eliminating Qx, Qy

For rectangular axes,

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Stress-strain-temperature relations
for isotropic plates

For plane stress, the basic relations are

The resultant the normal force and bending moments are

obtained by substituting basic relation to (Eq. 13.2) as Eq.
(13.27)

The flexural rigidity of the plate is

Stress-strain-temperature relations
for isotropic plates

The resultant normal forces and bending moments can also
be written as:

where

, are the zeroth and first moments of

, and are the curvatures of the middle surface relative
to the (x, y) axes.

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Stress-strain-temperature relations
for isotropic plates

For the rectangular coordinates, normal force-strain( at
middle surface) relations

The moment-curvature (at middle surface) relations

Stress-strain-temperature relations
for isotropic plates

Stress components (changing linearly through the thickness)
are expressed with tractions and moments

Pure bending of plates

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Strain Energy of a Plate

Total strain energy

Membrane energy

Bending energy

Thermal energy

Boundary Conditions for Plates

For the rectangular plate under the rectangular coordinate,
only consider the bending & twisting moments

Forced boundary conditions
on the clamped edges (x=0, y=0)

Natural boundary conditions

on the free edges (x=a, y=b)

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Classic Rectangular Plate

Equations

Moment and shear force in terms of the displacement w and
its derivatives

Governing equation for the displacement w

Solutions of a rectangular plate

(simple supported plate)

Governing equation for the displacement w

Boundary conditions on the edge

Displacement

Bending moment

Displacement

Bending moment

Solution forms

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Westergaard Approximate Solution

for Rectangular Plates: Uniform load

Rectangular Plate with Simple Support Edges: Figures 13.8-9

Rectangular Plate with Fixed Edges: Figure 10

Other type of edge Condition

Table 13.1

Deflection of a rectangular plate: uniformly distributed load

Examples 13.1 and 13.2

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