On a uniformly-valid asymptotic plate theory

Autor: David J. Steigmann, Fan-Fan Wang, Hui-Hui Dai
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 112:117-125
ISSN: 0020-7462
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.02.011
Popis: A uniformly-valid plate theory, independent of the magnitudes of applied loads, is derived based on the two-dimensional plate theory obtained from series expansions about the bottom surface of a plate. For five different magnitudes of surface loads, it is shown by using asymptotic expansions that this unified plate theory recovers five well-known plate models in the literature to leading-order. This demonstrates its uniform validity. More generally, it provides a uniformly-valid plate model provided that two asymptotic conditions are satisfied, which can be checked as a posteriori. The weak formulation of the uniformly-valid plate equations is furnished, which can be used for finite element implementation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE