CONTINUOUS RECTANGULAR PLATES 243 y 08 Fie. 119 Tapie 54. Bexpinc Moments ror Unirormuy Loven Puates 1n Case 4* .2, | = the smaller of spans a and b Atz = 0.la Center of plate Middle of fixed edge y = 0.1b bf fg ———— —| Factor Ms = aaglt| My = Ba] Me = ral | My = 500 | Manx = eal? a a | i “ 0.5 | 0.0101 | 0.0574 | -o0.0787 | 0.1180 | 0.0062 0.6 0.0228 0.0522 —0.0781 —0.1093 0.0570 O7 0.0257 0.0460 —0.0767 —0.0991 0.0501 gt 0.8 0.0275 0.0396 0.0746 0.0882 0.0430 0.9 0.0282 0.0336 —0.0715 0.0775 0.0363, 1.0 | 0.0281 | 0.0281 | —0.0678 | —0.0678 | 0.0305 11 | 0.0330 | 0.0283 | —0.0766 | —0.0709 | 0.0358 1.2 0.0376 0.0279 0.0845, 0.0736 0.0407 1.3 | 0.046 | 0.0270 | —0.0915 | —0.0754 | 0.0452 14 0.0451 0.0260 —0.0975 0.0765 0.0491 1.5 | 0.081 | 0.0288 | —0.1028 | —0.0772 | 0.0524 | ga 1.6 0.0507, 0.0236 —0.1068 0.0778 0.0553, LT 0.0529 0.0224 0.1104 0.0782 0.0586 1.8 0.0546 0.0213 0.1134 0.0785 0.0608 1.9 0.0561 0.0202 0.1159 0.0786 0.0636 2.0 | 0.0574 | 0.0191 | —o.1180 | —0.0787 | 0.0662 * The authors are indebted to the National Research Council of Canada for a grant which greatly facilitated the computation of the table. is the largest bending moment at the center of the plate. ‘Table 54 shows, however, that the difference between Mmax and the largest of the values of Mf. and M, does not, exceed 10 per cent of the latter values and that the general procedure described on page 238 is justified in case 4 as well, For the purpose of the design of isolated panels without continuity (Fig. 119), ‘Table 54 contains the values of the largest moments Mnsx acting at = 0.la, y = 0.1b; for rectangular plates the direction of omax is practically that of the shorter span and for square plates that of the diagonal z = —y. For the sake of a greater security those values of M mux may also be used in calculating continuous panels of oblong shape.244 THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS Fie. 120 ‘fanup 55. Benoivo Moments ror Unirormiy Loavep Puates ix Case 5* » = 0.2,1 = smaller of spans a and b Center of plate b/a "lt = ant 0.5 | 0.0206 0.6 | 0.0245 0.7 | 0.0268, 0.8 | 0.0277 0.9 | 0.0274 1.0 | 0.0261 11} 0.0294 1.2 | 0.0323 1.3 | 0.0346 1.4 | 0.0364 1.5 | 0.0378 1.6 | 0.0390 1.7 | 0.0398 1.8 | 0.0405 1.9 | 0.0410 2.0 | o.oa4 » | 0.0817 * The data of this table are due substantial p. 33, W. Ernat & Sohn, Berlin, 1955. Middle of fixed edge Mevalt? 0.0783 073 0749 0708 —0.0657 0.0600 0.0659 0.0705 0.0743 0.0770 0.0788 0.0803 0.0815 0.0825 0.0831 0.0833 0.0833 Factor M, = git be 0.114 0.102 0.0007 | 0.0778 | 9 0.0058 —0.0547 |___ 0.0566 0.0573 0.0574 0.0576 0.0569 —0.0568 0.0567 —0.0567 0.0566 0.0566 0.0566 ly to F. Czerny, Bautech.-Arch., vol. 11, ‘The method given in this article is still applicable if the spans, the flexural rigidities, or the intensity of the load differs only slightly from panel to panel of the continuous plate. Otherwise more exact methods should be used. It should be noted, however, that the application of the rigorous methods to the design of continuous floor slabs often leads to cumbersome calculations and that the accuraey thus obtained is illusory on account of many more or less indeterminable factors affecting the magnitude of the moments of the plate. Such factors are, for example, the flexibility and the torsional rigidity of the supporting beams, the restrain