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Title: A Mindlin-Reissner variational principle to analyze the behavior of moderately thick plates

Conference · · Applied Mechanics Reviews; (United States)
OSTI ID:5640987
 [1];  [2]
  1. Empresa Nuclear Argentina de Centrales Electricas, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  2. Universita degli Studie di Udine (Italy)

In the present work a method to solve the plate behavior under the assumption of the Mindlin plate theory is analyzed by means of finite element techniques, avoiding the tendency of the thin element to lock when the thickness of the plates becomes very small. A different formulation is developed from the Mindlin-Reissner principle for general boundary conditions. Numerical examples to evaluate the noninfluence of locking on clamped and simple support plates are calculated.

OSTI ID:
5640987
Report Number(s):
CONF-8901202-; CODEN: AMREA
Journal Information:
Applied Mechanics Reviews; (United States), Vol. 42:11; Conference: PACAM '89: 1st Pan American congress of applied mechanics, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Jan 1989; ISSN 0003-6900
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English