cuaprer 5 SIMPLY SUPPORTED RECTANGULAR PLATES 27, Simply Supported Rectangular Plates under Sinusoidal Load. ‘Taking the coordinate axes as shown in Fig. 59, we assume that the load distributed over the surface of the plate is given by the expression = qosin & sin @ in which gy represonts the intensity of the load at the center of the plate. ‘The differential equation (108) for the defection surface in this ease becomes ow py dw aw wre AY ast Farag + a ‘The boundary eonditions for simply supported edges are w=0 Me for x = Oand x w=0 MM, for y = Oand y =b Fro, 59 Using expression (101) for bending moments and observing that, since 10 = 0 at the edges, 40/4a? = 0 and dho/2y? ~ 0 for the edges parallel to the x and y axes, respectively, we ean represent the boundary condi- tions in the following form: weno @ 20 tore eu: © @w-0 we for y= Oand y = oF It may be seen that all boundary conditions are satisfied if we take for deflections the expression w= C sin sin @ % in which the constant,’ must be chosen so as to satisfy Eq. (6). Substi- ‘tuting expression (2) into Eq. (6), we find (Ly l¥ole w(behe-$ wf108 THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS and we conclude that the deflection surface satisfying Eq. (b) and bound~ ary conditions (c) is we © Having this expression and using Eqs. (101) and (102), we find wey erete? B w+ fan Ean iy \e *) 8 wn a+3) Po Zant Mn = P= 2 on Zon’ iv heave moments are at the center of the plate. Substituting 2 = @/2, y = b/2 in Eqs. (¢) and (f), we obtain (12a) (Madan = (dane = eye +)) (125) In the particular case of a square plate, a=, and the foregoing formulae become veo = SO Male = Oye = CZ 26) We use Bos (106) and (107) to cleulate the shesrng forces and obtain = ty oom in = By os sin wa(ht+h Q, = —" —__ sin ™ cos Q)SIMPLY SUPPORTED RECTANGULAR PLATES 107 To find the reactive forees at the supported edges of the plate we pro- ‘ceed as was explained in Art, 22. For the edge x = a we find rea (eMh)_ = ty ete ag In the same manner, for the edge y = b, OS age at Hence the pressure distribution follows a sinusoidal lav. ‘The minus sign indicates that the reactions on the plate act upward. From symmetry it may be concluded that formulas (h) and (i) also represent pressure dis- tributions along the sides x = 0 and y = 0, respectively, The resultant of distributed pressures is Cryer te) fat B, +i(+ta) [vote] - Observing that saab f firs it can be concluded that the sum of the distributed reactions is larger than the total load on the plate given by expression (2). This result can be easily explained if we note that, proceeding as described in Art. 22, ve obtain not only the distributed reactions but also reactions concentrated atthe eor- ners of the plate. These concentrated re- actions are equal, from symunetry; and their magnitude, as may be seen from Fig. 51, i 2a, a) (a +h, Fis. 60 ‘The positive sign indioates that the reactions act downward. Their sum is exactly equal to the second term in expression (j). ‘The distributed and the concentrated reaetions which act on the plate and keep the load, defined by Bq. (a), in equilibrium are shown graphically in Fig. 60. It may be seen that the corners of the plate have # tendency to rise up a aug) Shae dy ® B= Madar