THE METHOD OF THE RECIPROCAL THEOREM OF FORCED VIBRATION FOR THE ELASTIC THIN RECTANGULAR PLATES(Ⅰ)—RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH FOUR CLAMPED EDGES AND WITH THREE CLAMPED EDGES

In this paper the method of the reciprocal theorem (MRT) is extended to solve the steady state responses of rectangular plater under harmonic disturbing forces. A series of the closed solutions of rectangular plates with various boundary conditions are given and the tables and figures which have practical value are provided.MRT is a simple, convenient and general method for solving the steady stale responses of rectangular plates under various harmonic disturbing forces.The paper contains three parts: (I) rectangular plates with four damped edges and with three clamped edges; (II) rectangular plates with two adjacent clamped edges; (III) cantilever plates.We arc going to publish them one after another.

THE SOLUTION OF RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH LARGE DEFLECTION BY SPLINE FUNCTIONS

In this paper, Von Karman's set of nonlinear equations for rectangular plates with large deflection is divided into several sets of linear equations by perturbation method, the dimensionless center deflection being taken as a perturbation parameter. These sets of linear equations are solved by the spline finite-point (SFP) method and by the spline finite element (SFE) method. The solutions for rectangular plates having any length-to-width ratios under a uniformly distributed load and with various boundary conditions are presented, and the analytical formulas for displacements and deflections are given in the paper. The computer programs are worked out by ourselves. Comparison of the results with those in other papers indicates that the results of this paper are satisfactorily better.

LATERAL INSTABILITY OF RECTANGULAR PLATES

This paper investituites the problems of lateral buckling of rectangular plates. In the text we discuss the minimum critical load of the lateral buckling occurring on under a concentrated force, uniformly distributed load and the concentrated couples, respectively. The energy method is used in this article.

AN ITERATION ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING POSTBUCKLING EQUILIBRIUM PATH OF SIMPLY-SUPPORTED RECTANGULAR PLATES UNDER BIAXIAL COMPRESSION

In this paper, on the basis of von Karman large deflection equations and its double trigonometric series solution, we present a simple, fast and effective iteration algorithm for solving simply-supported rectangular plate subjected to biaxial compression.

BENDING OF UNIFORMLY LOADED RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH TWO ADJACENT EDGES CLAMPED, ONE EDGE SIMPLY SUPPORTED AND THE OTHER EDGE FREE

In this paper, an exact solution for an uniformly loaded rectangular plate with two adjacent edges clamped, one edge simply supported and the other edge free, was given by using the concept of generalized simply supported edges and superposition method. The numerical results were given for the deflections along the free edge and bending moments along the clamped edges of a square plate.

TRANSVERSE VIBRATION OF RECTANGULAR PLATES ELASTICALLY SUPPORTED AT POINTS ON EDGES

This paper studies transverse vibration of rectangular plates with two opposite edges simply supperted other two edges arbitrarily supported and free edges elaslically supported at points,A highly accurate solution is presented for calculating inherent frequencies and mode shape of rectangular platen elaslically supported at points. The number and location of these points on free edges may be completely arbitrary. This paper uses impulse function to represent reaction and moment at points. Fourter series is used to expand the impulse function along the edges. Characteristic equations satisfying all boundary conditions are given.Inherent frequencies and mode shape with any accutacy can be gained.

THE APPLICATION OF WEINSTEIN-CHIEN′S METHOD——THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS OF FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY OF RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH EDGES ARE THE MIXTURE OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED PORTIONS AND CLAMPED PORTIONS

In this paper, the method of relaxed boundary conditions is applied to rectangular plates with edges which are a sort of the mixture of simply supported portions and clamped portions, so that the lower limit of fundamental frequency of such plates is evaluated. A kind of polynomial satisfying the displacement boundary conditions is designed, os that it is enabled to evaluate the upper limit of fundamental frequency by Ritz' method. The practical calculation examples solved by these methods have given satisfactory results. At the end of this paper, it is pointed out that the socalled exact solution of such plates usually evaluated by the force superposition method is essentially a kind of lower limit of solution, if the truncated error of series which occurs in actual calculation is considered.

VIBRATIONS OF RECTANGULAR PLATES SUPPORTED AT CORNER POINTS

This paper discusses by energy theorem the methodof approximate computation for the lowest eigenfrequencies of rechmguhir plates,on which there are symmetrical concentrated masses,supported at corner points,In the case of seseral concentrated masses,by using the prineiple of superposition we mayfiml the reduneed coefficients of masses comveniently.llence we can louain the lowest eigenfrequencies of thin plates.In the paper a good mamy mmerical caleuhting eximples are inustrated

ON SOME PROBLEMS FOR UNSYMMETRICAL LATERAL BUCKLING OF RECTANGULAR PLATES

The present paper investigates several problems for unsymmetrically lateral instability of rectangular plates by the energy method. In the text we discuss the minimum critical load of rectangular plates which possess the unsymmetrical supporters and to which the lateral buckling occurs unsymmetrically under a concentrated force, uniformly distributed load and the concentrated couples respectively.

Mixed finite element and differential quadrature method for free and forced vibration and buckling analysis of rectangular plates

This paper presents a combined application of the finite element method （FEM） and the differential quadrature method （DQM） to vibration and buckling problems of rectangular plates. The proposed scheme combines the geometry flexibility of the FEM and the high accuracy and efficiency of the DQM. The accuracy of the present method is demonstrated by comparing the obtained results with those available in the literature. It is shown that highly accurate results can be obtained by using a small number of finite elements and DQM sample points. The proposed method is suitable for the problems considered due to its simplicity and potential for further development.

ON THE BENDING, VIBRATION AND STABILITY OF LAMINATED RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC LAYERS

A method based on newly presented state space formulations is developed for analyzing the bending, vibration and stability of laminated transversely isotropic rectangular plates with simply supported edges. By introducing two displacement functions and two stress functions, two independent state equations were constructed based on the three-dimensional elasticity equations for transverse isotropy. The original differential equations are thus decoupled with the order reduced that will facilitate obtaining solutions of various problems. For the simply supported rectangular plate, two relations between the state variables at the tap and bottom surfaces were established. In particular, for the free vibration ( stability) problem, it is found that there exist two independent classes: One corresponds to the pure in-plane vibration (stability) and the other to the general bending vibration (stability). Numerical examples are finally presented and the effects of same parameters are discussed.

Buckling and Multiple Equilibrium States ofViscoelastic Rectangular Plates

On the basis of Karman's theory of thin plates with large deflection, the Boltzmann law on linear viscoelastic materials and the mathematical model of dynamic analysis on viscoelastic thin plates, a set of nonlinear integro partial differential equations is first presented by means of a structural function introduced in this paper. Then, by using the Galerkin technique in spatial field and a backward difference scheme in temporal field, the set of nonlinear integro partial differential equations reduces to a system of nonlinear algebraic equations. After solving the algebraic equations, the buckling behavior and multiple equilibrium states can be obtained.

Element-free Galerkin method for free vibration of rectangular plates with interior elastic point supports and elastically restrained edges

The element-free Galerkin method is proposed to solve free vibration of rectangular plates with finite interior elastic point supports and elastically restrained edges.Based on the extended Hamilton＇s principle for the elastic dynamics system,the dimensionless equations of motion of rectangular plates with finite interior elastic point supports and the edge elastically restrained are established using the element-free Galerkin method.Through numerical calculation,curves of the natural frequency of thin plates with three edges simply supported and one edge elastically restrained,and three edges clamped and the other edge elastically restrained versus the spring constant,locations of elastic point support and the elastic stiffness of edge elastically restrained are obtained.Effects of elastic point supports and edge elastically restrained on the free vibration characteristics of the thin plates are analyzed.

ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS FOR THE BUCKLING AND POSTBUCKLING OF RECTANGULAR PLATES UNDER UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION

Full-range analysis for the buckling and post buck ling at rectangular plates under in-plane compression has been made by perturbation technique which takes deflection as its perturbation parameter.In this paper the effects of initial geometric imperfection on the postbuc kling behavior of plates have been discussed. It is seen that the effect of initial imperfection on the inelastic postbuckling oj plates is sensitive. By comparison, it is found that the theoretical results of this paper are in good agreement with experiments.

EFFECT OF DAMAGE ON NONLINEAR DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF VISCOELASTIC RECTANGULAR PLATES

The nonlinear dynamic behaviors of viscoelastic rectangular plates including the damage effects under the action of a transverse periodic load were studied. Using the von Karman equations, Boltzmann superposition principle and continuum damage mechanics, the nonlinear dynamic equations in terms of the mid_plane displacements for the viscoelastic thin plates with damage effect were derived. By adopting the finite difference method and Newmark method, these equations were solved. The results were compared with the available data. In the numerical calculations, the effects of the external loading parameters and geometric dimensions of the plate on the nonlinear dynamic responses of the plate were discussed. Research results show that the nonlinear dynamic response of the structure will change remarkably when the damage effect is considered.

THE METHOD OF THE RECIPROCAL THEOREM OF FORCED VIBRATION FOR THE ELASTIC THIN RECTANGULAR PLATES(Ⅲ)--CANTILEVER RECTANGULAR PLATES

In this paper,applying the method of the reciprocal theorem,we give the stationary solutions of the forced vibration of cantilever rectangular plates under uniformly distributed harmonic load and concentrated harmonic load acting at any point of the plates,the figures and tables of number value of bending moment and the deflection amplitudes as well.

RECIPROCAL THEOREM METHOD FOR THE FORCED VIBRATIONOF ELASTIC THICK RECTANGULAR PLATES

In this paper, reciprocal theorem method (RTM) is generalized to solve the problems for the forced vibration of thick rectangular plates based on the Reissner's theory. The paper derives the dynamic basic solution of thick rectangular; and the exact analytical solution of the steady-state responses of thick rectangular plates with three clamped edges and one free edge under harmonic uniformly distributed disturbing forces is found by RTM. It is regarded as a simple, convenient and general method for calculating the steady-stare responses of forced vibration of thick rectangular plates.

AN APPROXIMATE SOLUTION WITH HIGH ACCURACY OF TRANSVERSE BENDING OF THIN RECTANGULAR PLATES UNDER ARBITRARILY DISTRIBUTED LOADS

Ritz method is an effective way widely used to analyze the transverse bending of thin rectangular plates. Its accuracy depends completely on the basis functions selected. This paper selects the superposition of sine series with polynomials as the basis functions of thin rectangular plates. The calculating formulae are not only simple and easily programmed, but also have high accuracy. Finally, two numerical results are given and compared with those obtained by the classical method.

MAGNETOELASTIC BENDING AND STABILITY OF SOFT FERROMAGNETIC RECTANGULAR PLATES

In this paper, the phenomenon of magnetoelastic bending is theoretically simulated for soft ferromagnetic rectangular thin plates in applied magnetic fields. A numerical program of 3d FEM is established to capture the nonlinear coupling interaction between magnetic fields and bending deflection. After the nonlinear characteristic of the bending deflection and the magnetic (field) force is quantitatively displayed, we discuss the critical magnetic field and the effect of the incident angle of obliquely applied magnetic field on the critical field to the phenomenon of magnetoelastic instability.

NONLINEAR BENDING OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED SYMMETRIC LAMINATED CROSS-PLY RECTANGULAR PLATES

Based on the von Karman-type theory of plates, nonlinear bending problems of simply supported symmetric laminated cross-ply rectangular plates under the combined action of pressure and inplane load are investigated in this paper. The solution which satisfies the governing equations and boundary conditions is obtained by using the double Fourier series method.