Theory of plates & shells Homework 1 Zhiqiang Fan * Euler-Bernoulli Beam theories Moment Deflection

M! qb Lx  x2 ! 60 10 x  x2 2
qb x 4 qb 3 3 w! x x   2 EI 6 12 24EI

Deflection at the centerline

5qbl 4 w x !l / 2 !  ! 2.34 v 104 (q ) 384 EI

Normal stress
W
x! l 2

x !l / 2

h/2

Iz

! 225

* Timoshenko Beam theories Deflection

w ! wE  M GAK s

Deflection at the centerline

w
! 2.3438 v 10 4  x !l / 2

1500 ! 2.5685 v 10 4 (q) 3.759 v 106 v 20 v 0.872

* Plate theories Deflection

4 mT mT 4qL mT x w ! 2 Am cosh y  2Cm y sinh y  5 5 sin l l m T D L m !1,3,5 g

4R qL4 m5T 5 D Am ! C ! mT mT mT m mT 4 1 R cosh 1 R 2 R sinh 4 cosh  2 2 2 2

2R qL3 m 4T 4 D mT mT 2 R sinh  2 2

When m ! 1, A1 ! 9.166 v106 , C1 ! 9.6468 v107

When m ! 3, A3 ! 1,3628 v 109 , C3 ! 4.3028 v10 10

Deflection at the centerline

4 mT mT 4qL mT w x!l / 2 ! 2 Am cosh y  2Cm y sinh y  5 5 sin l l m T D 2 m !1,3,5 g

l y ! 0, w ! 2 .2 7 1 2 v 1 0 ; y ! , w ! 2 .7 6 6 v 1 0  4 2
4

Comparison with FEA analysis By FEA analysis, we get

l y ! 0, w ! 2.296 v 10 4 ; y ! , w ! 2.687 v 10 4 2

It is shown from the attached figure that FEA analysis agrees with the plate theory results. While, beam theories give poor predictions for the plate deflection because Poissons effect is not taken into consideration.

FEA analysis by Abaqus software

Deflection comparison by plate theory and FEA analysis