CHAPTER 4

ANALYSIS AND RESULTS.

This project seeks to analyse isotropic rectangular plate using the Finite Element Analysis
method. As stated in the aim of the project we seek to determine the deflection of this rectangular
plate using different boundary conditions and various type of load application. The solution is
programmed on MATLAB program, deformations for various thickness of the plate is obtained
and this result are verified by using a commercial Finite Element Analysis Software called
ANSYS. The valued were thus obtained and compared.
For the purpose of analysis, the 4-node quadrilateral element was used. The Geometrical
parameters is hereby stated thus;

Size of plate 2m x 1m
Modulus of elasticity (E) = 70 x 109 Pa
Poison’s ratio = 0.33
Mesh sizing
4x2 mesh
8x4 mesh
Boundary Conditions.
1) All edges clamped
2) All edges simply supported.
3) Adjacent sides clamped, with Adjacent sides simply supported
4) Opposite sides for short spans clamped with longer spans simply supported
5) Opposite sides for long spans clamped with shorter spans simply supported
6) Short span free (Clamped & Simply Supported).
a) Short span free Clamped
b) Short Span Free Simply Supported.
7) Long span free (Clamped & Simply Supported).
a) Long span free Clamped
b) Long Span Free Simply Supported.
Loadings.
 500 Pa Uniformly distributed Load.
 5000N point Load

1. The results of deflections obtained from all clamped edge subjected to Uniform
distributed load as follows in the table below.

S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)

N
MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 3.800 x 10-7 3.7746 x 10-7
2. 0.03 1.265 x 10-7 1.2388 x 10-7
3. 0.06 6.300 x 10-8 6.1503x 10-8
4. 0.09 4.170 x 10-8 4.0620 x 10-8
5. 0.12 3.100 x 10-8 3.0101x 10-8
6. 0.15 2.450x 10-8 2.3748 x 10-8
7. 0.18 2.021x 10-8 1.9492 x 10-8
Rectangular Plate,all edge clamped edge(UDL) 0.01m
+1.24E-18
-1.65E-08
-3.30E-08
-4.96E-08
-6.61E-08
-8.26E-08
-9.91E-08
-1.16E-07
-1.32E-07
-1.49E-07
-1.65E-07
-1.82E-07
-1.98E-07
-2.15E-07
-2.31E-07
-2.48E-07
-2.64E-07
-2.81E-07
-2.97E-07
-3.14E-07
-3.30E-07
-3.47E-07
-3.63E-07
-3.80E-07
Rectangular Plate,all edge clamped edge(UDL)0.03
+3.67E-20
-5.50E-09
-1.10E-08
-1.65E-08
-2.20E-08
-2.75E-08
-3.30E-08
-3.85E-08
-4.40E-08
-4.95E-08
-5.50E-08
-6.05E-08
-6.60E-08
-7.15E-08
-7.70E-08
-8.25E-08
-8.80E-08
-9.35E-08
-9.90E-08
-1.04E-07
-1.10E-07
-1.15E-07
-1.21E-07
-1.26E-07
Rectangular Plate,all edge clamped edge(UDL)0.06
+1.97E-21
-2.74E-09
-5.48E-09
-8.21E-09
-1.10E-08
-1.37E-08
-1.64E-08
-1.92E-08
-2.19E-08
-2.46E-08
-2.74E-08
-3.01E-08
-3.29E-08
-3.56E-08
-3.83E-08
-4.11E-08
-4.38E-08
-4.65E-08
-4.93E-08
-5.20E-08
-5.48E-08
-5.75E-08
-6.02E-08
-6.30E-08
Rectangular Plate,all edge clamped edge(UDL)0.09
+1.04E-21
-1.81E-09
-3.63E-09
-5.44E-09
-7.25E-09
-9.07E-09
-1.09E-08
-1.27E-08
-1.45E-08
-1.63E-08
-1.81E-08
-1.99E-08
-2.18E-08
-2.36E-08
-2.54E-08
-2.72E-08
-2.90E-08
-3.08E-08
-3.26E-08
-3.45E-08
-3.63E-08
-3.81E-08
-3.99E-08
-4.17E-08
Rectangular Plate,all edge clamped edge(UDL)0.12
+1.52E-21
-1.35E-09
-2.70E-09
-4.04E-09
-5.39E-09
-6.74E-09
-8.09E-09
-9.44E-09
-1.08E-08
-1.21E-08
-1.35E-08
-1.48E-08
-1.62E-08
-1.75E-08
-1.89E-08
-2.02E-08
-2.16E-08
-2.29E-08
-2.43E-08
-2.56E-08
-2.70E-08
-2.83E-08
-2.97E-08
-3.10E-08
Rectangular Plate,all edge clamped edge(UDL)0.15
+6.30E-22
-1.07E-09
-2.13E-09
-3.20E-09
-4.27E-09
-5.33E-09
-6.40E-09
-7.47E-09
-8.54E-09
-9.60E-09
-1.07E-08
-1.17E-08
-1.28E-08
-1.39E-08
-1.49E-08
-1.60E-08
-1.71E-08
-1.81E-08
-1.92E-08
-2.03E-08
-2.13E-08
-2.24E-08
-2.35E-08
-2.45E-08
Rectangular Plate,all edge clamped edge(UDL)0.18
+5.36E-22
-8.79E-10
-1.76E-09
-2.64E-09
-3.51E-09
-4.39E-09
-5.27E-09
-6.15E-09
-7.03E-09
-7.91E-09
-8.79E-09
-9.66E-09
-1.05E-08
-1.14E-08
-1.23E-08
-1.32E-08
-1.41E-08
-1.49E-08
-1.58E-08
-1.67E-08
-1.76E-08
-1.85E-08
-1.93E-08
-2.02E-08
 2. The results of deflections obtained from all edge Simply supported subjected to
Uniform distributed Load as follows in the table below.

S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)

N
MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 5.6440 x 10-4 5.6640 x 10-4
2. 0.03 2.10x 10-5 2.0997x 10-5
3. 0.06 2.6590 x 10-6 2.6637 x 10-6
4. 0.09 8.0545 x 10-7 8.0849 x 10-7
5. 0.12 3.5019 x 10-7 3.5237 x 10-7
6. 0.15 1.8614 x 10-7 1.8779 x 10-7
7. 0.18 1.1256 x 10-7 1.1385 x 10-7
Rectangular Plate,all edge Simply Supported (UDL)0.01
+3.32E-15
-2.45E-05
-4.91E-05
-7.36E-05
-9.82E-05
-1.23E-04
-1.47E-04
-1.72E-04
-1.96E-04
-2.21E-04
-2.45E-04
-2.70E-04
-2.94E-04
-3.19E-04
-3.44E-04
-3.68E-04
-3.93E-04
-4.17E-04
-4.42E-04
-4.66E-04
-4.91E-04
-5.15E-04
-5.40E-04
-5.64E-04
Rectangular Plate,all edge Simply Supported (UDL)0.06
+6.36E-19
-1.16E-07
-2.31E-07
-3.47E-07
-4.62E-07
-5.78E-07
-6.94E-07
-8.09E-07
-9.25E-07
-1.04E-06
-1.16E-06
-1.27E-06
-1.39E-06
-1.50E-06
-1.62E-06
-1.73E-06
-1.85E-06
-1.97E-06
-2.08E-06
-2.20E-06
-2.31E-06
-2.43E-06
-2.54E-06
-2.66E-06
Rectangular Plate,all edge Simply Supported (UDL)0.09
+7.42E-20
-3.50E-08
-7.00E-08
-1.05E-07
-1.40E-07
-1.75E-07
-2.10E-07
-2.45E-07
-2.80E-07
-3.15E-07
-3.50E-07
-3.85E-07
-4.20E-07
-4.55E-07
-4.90E-07
-5.25E-07
-5.60E-07
-5.95E-07
-6.30E-07
-6.65E-07
-7.00E-07
-7.35E-07
-7.70E-07
-8.05E-07
Rectangular Plate,all edge Simply Supported (UDL)0.12
+1.26E-20
-1.52E-08
-3.05E-08
-4.57E-08
-6.09E-08
-7.61E-08
-9.14E-08
-1.07E-07
-1.22E-07
-1.37E-07
-1.52E-07
-1.67E-07
-1.83E-07
-1.98E-07
-2.13E-07
-2.28E-07
-2.44E-07
-2.59E-07
-2.74E-07
-2.89E-07
-3.05E-07
-3.20E-07
-3.35E-07
-3.50E-07
Rectangular Plate,all edge Simply Supported (UDL)0.15
+1.18E-21
-8.09E-09
-1.62E-08
-2.43E-08
-3.24E-08
-4.05E-08
-4.86E-08
-5.67E-08
-6.47E-08
-7.28E-08
-8.09E-08
-8.90E-08
-9.71E-08
-1.05E-07
-1.13E-07
-1.21E-07
-1.29E-07
-1.38E-07
-1.46E-07
-1.54E-07
-1.62E-07
-1.70E-07
-1.78E-07
-1.86E-07
Rectangular Plate,all edge Simply Supported (UDL)0.18
+1.89E-21
-4.89E-09
-9.79E-09
-1.47E-08
-1.96E-08
-2.45E-08
-2.94E-08
-3.43E-08
-3.91E-08
-4.40E-08
-4.89E-08
-5.38E-08
-5.87E-08
-6.36E-08
-6.85E-08
-7.34E-08
-7.83E-08
-8.32E-08
-8.81E-08
-9.30E-08
-9.79E-08
-1.03E-07
-1.08E-07
-1.13E-07
 1. The results of deflections obtained from adjacent long edge Clamped, adjacent short
edge simply supported subjected to Uniform distributed Load as follows in the table
below.
S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)
N
MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 1.4603 x 10-4 1.4685 x 10-4
2. 0.03 5.5111 x 10-6 5.5441 x 10-6
3. 0.06 7.3421 x 10-7 7.3753 x 10-7
4. 0.09 2.4038 x 10-7 2.4058 x 10-7
5. 0.12 1.1490 x 10-7 1.1452 x 10-7
6. 0.15 6.7638 x 10-8 6.7175 x 10-8
7. 0.18 4.5313 x 10-8 4.4871 x 10-8
Rect Plate,Adj edge clamped,Adj simply supported(UDL) 0.01
+2.09E-16
-6.35E-06
-1.27E-05
-1.90E-05
-2.54E-05
-3.17E-05
-3.81E-05
-4.44E-05
-5.08E-05
-5.71E-05
-6.35E-05
-6.98E-05
-7.62E-05
-8.25E-05
-8.89E-05
-9.52E-05
-1.02E-04
-1.08E-04
-1.14E-04
-1.21E-04
-1.27E-04
-1.33E-04
-1.40E-04
-1.46E-04
Rect Plate,Adj edge clamped,Adj simply supported(UDL) 0.03
+2.17E-19
-2.40E-07
-4.79E-07
-7.19E-07
-9.58E-07
-1.20E-06
-1.44E-06
-1.68E-06
-1.92E-06
-2.16E-06
-2.40E-06
-2.64E-06
-2.88E-06
-3.11E-06
-3.35E-06
-3.59E-06
-3.83E-06
-4.07E-06
-4.31E-06
-4.55E-06
-4.79E-06
-5.03E-06
-5.27E-06
-5.51E-06
Rect Plate,Adj edge clamped,Adj simply supported(UDL) 0.06
+1.05E-19
-3.19E-08
-6.38E-08
-9.58E-08
-1.28E-07
-1.60E-07
-1.92E-07
-2.23E-07
-2.55E-07
-2.87E-07
-3.19E-07
-3.51E-07
-3.83E-07
-4.15E-07
-4.47E-07
-4.79E-07
-5.11E-07
-5.43E-07
-5.75E-07
-6.07E-07
-6.38E-07
-6.70E-07
-7.02E-07
-7.34E-07
Rect Plate,Adj edge clamped,Adj simply supported(UDL) 0.09
+1.41E-20
-1.05E-08
-2.09E-08
-3.14E-08
-4.18E-08
-5.23E-08
-6.27E-08
-7.32E-08
-8.36E-08
-9.41E-08
-1.05E-07
-1.15E-07
-1.25E-07
-1.36E-07
-1.46E-07
-1.57E-07
-1.67E-07
-1.78E-07
-1.88E-07
-1.99E-07
-2.09E-07
-2.19E-07
-2.30E-07
-2.40E-07
Rect Plate,Adj edge clamped,Adj simply supported(UDL) 0.12
+5.12E-22
-5.00E-09
-9.99E-09
-1.50E-08
-2.00E-08
-2.50E-08
-3.00E-08
-3.50E-08
-4.00E-08
-4.50E-08
-5.00E-08
-5.49E-08
-5.99E-08
-6.49E-08
-6.99E-08
-7.49E-08
-7.99E-08
-8.49E-08
-8.99E-08
-9.49E-08
-9.99E-08
-1.05E-07
-1.10E-07
-1.15E-07
Rect Plate,Adj edge clamped,Adj simply supported(UDL) 0.15
+7.79E-22
-2.94E-09
-5.88E-09
-8.82E-09
-1.18E-08
-1.47E-08
-1.76E-08
-2.06E-08
-2.35E-08
-2.65E-08
-2.94E-08
-3.23E-08
-3.53E-08
-3.82E-08
-4.12E-08
-4.41E-08
-4.71E-08
-5.00E-08
-5.29E-08
-5.59E-08
-5.88E-08
-6.18E-08
-6.47E-08
-6.76E-08
Rect Plate,Adj edge clamped,Adj simply supported(UDL) 0.18
+7.37E-22
-1.97E-09
-3.94E-09
-5.91E-09
-7.88E-09
-9.85E-09
-1.18E-08
-1.38E-08
-1.58E-08
-1.77E-08
-1.97E-08
-2.17E-08
-2.36E-08
-2.56E-08
-2.76E-08
-2.96E-08
-3.15E-08
-3.35E-08
-3.55E-08
-3.74E-08
-3.94E-08
-4.14E-08
-4.33E-08
-4.53E-08
 2. The results of deflections obtained from long edge Clamped, short edge simply
supported subjected to Uniform distributed Load as follows in the table below.
S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)
N
 MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 3.7994 x 10-7 4.3269 x 10-7
2. 0.03 1.2649x 10-7 1.3879x 10-7
3. 0.06 6.2978 x 10-8 6.5222 x 10-8
4. 0.09 4.1704 x 10-8 4.0941 x 10-8
5. 0.12 3.1002 x 10-8 2.9294 x 10-8
6. 0.15 2.4540 x 10-8 2.2633 x 10-8
7. 0.18 2.0208 x 10-8 1.8375 x 10-8

Rect Plate,Opp long edge clamped,short edge simply supported(UDL) 0.01

+1.24E-18
-1.65E-08
-3.30E-08
-4.96E-08
-6.61E-08
-8.26E-08
-9.91E-08
-1.16E-07
-1.32E-07
-1.49E-07
-1.65E-07
-1.82E-07
-1.98E-07
-2.15E-07
-2.31E-07
-2.48E-07
-2.64E-07
-2.81E-07
-2.97E-07
-3.14E-07
-3.30E-07
-3.47E-07
-3.63E-07
-3.80E-07
Rect Plate,Opp long edge clamped,short edge simply supported(UDL) 0.03
+3.67E-20
-5.50E-09
-1.10E-08
-1.65E-08
-2.20E-08
-2.75E-08
-3.30E-08
-3.85E-08
-4.40E-08
-4.95E-08
-5.50E-08
-6.05E-08
-6.60E-08
-7.15E-08
-7.70E-08
-8.25E-08
-8.80E-08
-9.35E-08
-9.90E-08
-1.04E-07
-1.10E-07
-1.15E-07
-1.21E-07
-1.26E-07
Rect Plate,Opp long edge clamped,short edge simply supported(UDL) 0.06
+1.97E-21
-2.74E-09
-5.48E-09
-8.21E-09
-1.10E-08
-1.37E-08
-1.64E-08
-1.92E-08
-2.19E-08
-2.46E-08
-2.74E-08
-3.01E-08
-3.29E-08
-3.56E-08
-3.83E-08
-4.11E-08
-4.38E-08
-4.65E-08
-4.93E-08
-5.20E-08
-5.48E-08
-5.75E-08
-6.02E-08
-6.30E-08
Rect Plate,Opp long edge clamped,short edge simply supported(UDL) 0.09
+1.04E-21
-1.81E-09
-3.63E-09
-5.44E-09
-7.25E-09
-9.07E-09
-1.09E-08
-1.27E-08
-1.45E-08
-1.63E-08
-1.81E-08
-1.99E-08
-2.18E-08
-2.36E-08
-2.54E-08
-2.72E-08
-2.90E-08
-3.08E-08
-3.26E-08
-3.45E-08
-3.63E-08
-3.81E-08
-3.99E-08
-4.17E-08
Rect Plate,Opp long edge clamped,short edge simply supported(UDL) 0.12
+1.52E-21
-1.35E-09
-2.70E-09
-4.04E-09
-5.39E-09
-6.74E-09
-8.09E-09
-9.44E-09
-1.08E-08
-1.21E-08
-1.35E-08
-1.48E-08
-1.62E-08
-1.75E-08
-1.89E-08
-2.02E-08
-2.16E-08
-2.29E-08
-2.43E-08
-2.56E-08
-2.70E-08
-2.83E-08
-2.97E-08
-3.10E-08
Rect Plate,Opp long edge clamped,short edge simply supported(UDL) 0.15
+6.30E-22
-1.07E-09
-2.13E-09
-3.20E-09
-4.27E-09
-5.33E-09
-6.40E-09
-7.47E-09
-8.54E-09
-9.60E-09
-1.07E-08
-1.17E-08
-1.28E-08
-1.39E-08
-1.49E-08
-1.60E-08
-1.71E-08
-1.81E-08
-1.92E-08
-2.03E-08
-2.13E-08
-2.24E-08
-2.35E-08
-2.45E-08
Rect Plate,Opp long edge clamped,short edge simply supported(UDL) 0.18
+5.36E-22
-8.79E-10
-1.76E-09
-2.64E-09
-3.51E-09
-4.39E-09
-5.27E-09
-6.15E-09
-7.03E-09
-7.91E-09
-8.79E-09
-9.66E-09
-1.05E-08
-1.14E-08
-1.23E-08
-1.32E-08
-1.41E-08
-1.49E-08
-1.58E-08
-1.67E-08
-1.76E-08
-1.85E-08
-1.93E-08
-2.02E-08
 1. The results of deflections obtained from Long Edge Simply Supported, Short Edge
Clamped Subjected to Uniform Distributed Load as follows in the table below.
S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)
N
MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 5.6437 x 10-4 5.3729 x 10-4
2. 0.03 2.0987 x 10-5 1.9999x 10-5
3. 0.06 2.6590 x 10-6 2.5370 x 10-6
4. 0.09 8.0545 x 10-7 7.6834 x 10-7
5. 0.12 3.5019 x 10-7 3.3453 x 10-7
6. 0.15 1.8614 x 10-7 1.7809 x 10-7
7. 0.18 1.1256 x 10-7 1.0787 x 10-7

Rect Plate,Simply Supported Long edge,Clamped Short edge(UDL) 0.01

+3.32E-15
-2.45E-05
-4.91E-05
-7.36E-05
-9.82E-05
-1.23E-04
-1.47E-04
-1.72E-04
-1.96E-04
-2.21E-04
-2.45E-04
-2.70E-04
-2.94E-04
-3.19E-04
-3.44E-04
-3.68E-04
-3.93E-04
-4.17E-04
-4.42E-04
-4.66E-04
-4.91E-04
-5.15E-04
-5.40E-04
-5.64E-04
Rect Plate,Simply Supported Long edge,Clamped Short edge(UDL) 0.03
+1.05E-17
-9.12E-07
-1.82E-06
-2.74E-06
-3.65E-06
-4.56E-06
-5.47E-06
-6.39E-06
-7.30E-06
-8.21E-06
-9.12E-06
-1.00E-05
-1.09E-05
-1.19E-05
-1.28E-05
-1.37E-05
-1.46E-05
-1.55E-05
-1.64E-05
-1.73E-05
-1.82E-05
-1.92E-05
-2.01E-05
-2.10E-05
Rect Plate,Simply Supported Long edge,Clamped Short edge(UDL) 0.06
+6.36E-19
-1.16E-07
-2.31E-07
-3.47E-07
-4.62E-07
-5.78E-07
-6.94E-07
-8.09E-07
-9.25E-07
-1.04E-06
-1.16E-06
-1.27E-06
-1.39E-06
-1.50E-06
-1.62E-06
-1.73E-06
-1.85E-06
-1.97E-06
-2.08E-06
-2.20E-06
-2.31E-06
-2.43E-06
-2.54E-06
-2.66E-06
Rect Plate,Simply Supported Long edge,Clamped Short edge(UDL) 0.09
+7.42E-20
-3.50E-08
-7.00E-08
-1.05E-07
-1.40E-07
-1.75E-07
-2.10E-07
-2.45E-07
-2.80E-07
-3.15E-07
-3.50E-07
-3.85E-07
-4.20E-07
-4.55E-07
-4.90E-07
-5.25E-07
-5.60E-07
-5.95E-07
-6.30E-07
-6.65E-07
-7.00E-07
-7.35E-07
-7.70E-07
-8.05E-07
Rect Plate,Simply Supported Long edge,Clamped Short edge(UDL) 0.12
+1.26E-20
-1.52E-08
-3.05E-08
-4.57E-08
-6.09E-08
-7.61E-08
-9.14E-08
-1.07E-07
-1.22E-07
-1.37E-07
-1.52E-07
-1.67E-07
-1.83E-07
-1.98E-07
-2.13E-07
-2.28E-07
-2.44E-07
-2.59E-07
-2.74E-07
-2.89E-07
-3.05E-07
-3.20E-07
-3.35E-07
-3.50E-07
Rect Plate,Simply Supported Long edge,Clamped Short edge(UDL) 0.15
+1.18E-21
-8.09E-09
-1.62E-08
-2.43E-08
-3.24E-08
-4.05E-08
-4.86E-08
-5.67E-08
-6.47E-08
-7.28E-08
-8.09E-08
-8.90E-08
-9.71E-08
-1.05E-07
-1.13E-07
-1.21E-07
-1.29E-07
-1.38E-07
-1.46E-07
-1.54E-07
-1.62E-07
-1.70E-07
-1.78E-07
-1.86E-07
Rect Plate,Simply Supported Long edge,Clamped Short edge(UDL) 0.18
+1.89E-21
-4.89E-09
-9.79E-09
-1.47E-08
-1.96E-08
-2.45E-08
-2.94E-08
-3.43E-08
-3.91E-08
-4.40E-08
-4.89E-08
-5.38E-08
-5.87E-08
-6.36E-08
-6.85E-08
-7.34E-08
-7.83E-08
-8.32E-08
-8.81E-08
-9.30E-08
-9.79E-08
-1.03E-07
-1.08E-07
-1.13E-07
 1. The results of deflections obtained from Long Edge Clamped, Short Edge Free
Subjected to Uniform Distributed Load as follows in the table below.
S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)
N
MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 2.8500 x 10-7 2.8945 x 10-7
2. 0.03 9.500 x 10-8 9.5165 x 10-8
3. 0.06 4.7500 x 10-8 4.7521 x 10-8
4. 0.09 3.1667 x 10-8 3.1673 x 10-8
5. 0.12 2.3750 x 10-8 2.3753 x 10-8
6. 0.15 1.9000 x 10-8 1.9001 x 10-8
7. 0.18 1.5834 x 10-8
Rect Plate, Long edge clamped,short edge free(UDL) 0.01
+2.14E-18
-1.24E-08
-2.48E-08
-3.72E-08
-4.96E-08
-6.20E-08
-7.43E-08
-8.67E-08
-9.91E-08
-1.12E-07
-1.24E-07
-1.36E-07
-1.49E-07
-1.61E-07
-1.73E-07
-1.86E-07
-1.98E-07
-2.11E-07
-2.23E-07
-2.35E-07
-2.48E-07
-2.60E-07
-2.73E-07
-2.85E-07
Rect Plate, Long edge clamped,short edge free(UDL) 0.03
+8.68E-20
-4.13E-09
-8.26E-09
-1.24E-08
-1.65E-08
-2.07E-08
-2.48E-08
-2.89E-08
-3.30E-08
-3.72E-08
-4.13E-08
-4.54E-08
-4.96E-08
-5.37E-08
-5.78E-08
-6.20E-08
-6.61E-08
-7.02E-08
-7.43E-08
-7.85E-08
-8.26E-08
-8.67E-08
-9.09E-08
-9.50E-08
Rect Plate, Long edge clamped,short edge free(UDL) 0.06
+2.93E-21
-2.07E-09
-4.13E-09
-6.20E-09
-8.26E-09
-1.03E-08
-1.24E-08
-1.45E-08
-1.65E-08
-1.86E-08
-2.07E-08
-2.27E-08
-2.48E-08
-2.68E-08
-2.89E-08
-3.10E-08
-3.30E-08
-3.51E-08
-3.72E-08
-3.92E-08
-4.13E-08
-4.34E-08
-4.54E-08
-4.75E-08
Rect Plate, Long edge clamped,short edge free(UDL) 0.09
+1.83E-21
-1.38E-09
-2.75E-09
-4.13E-09
-5.51E-09
-6.88E-09
-8.26E-09
-9.64E-09
-1.10E-08
-1.24E-08
-1.38E-08
-1.51E-08
-1.65E-08
-1.79E-08
-1.93E-08
-2.07E-08
-2.20E-08
-2.34E-08
-2.48E-08
-2.62E-08
-2.75E-08
-2.89E-08
-3.03E-08
-3.17E-08
Rect Plate, Long edge clamped,short edge free(UDL) 0.12
+9.17E-21
-1.03E-09
-2.07E-09
-3.10E-09
-4.13E-09
-5.16E-09
-6.20E-09
-7.23E-09
-8.26E-09
-9.29E-09
-1.03E-08
-1.14E-08
-1.24E-08
-1.34E-08
-1.45E-08
-1.55E-08
-1.65E-08
-1.76E-08
-1.86E-08
-1.96E-08
-2.07E-08
-2.17E-08
-2.27E-08
-2.38E-08
Rect Plate, Long edge clamped,short edge free(UDL) 0.15
+9.82E-23
-8.26E-10
-1.65E-09
-2.48E-09
-3.30E-09
-4.13E-09
-4.96E-09
-5.78E-09
-6.61E-09
-7.43E-09
-8.26E-09
-9.09E-09
-9.91E-09
-1.07E-08
-1.16E-08
-1.24E-08
-1.32E-08
-1.40E-08
-1.49E-08
-1.57E-08
-1.65E-08
-1.73E-08
-1.82E-08
-1.90E-08
Rect Plate, Long edge clamped,short edge free(UDL) 0.18
+1.36E-21
-6.88E-10
-1.38E-09
-2.07E-09
-2.75E-09
-3.44E-09
-4.13E-09
-4.82E-09
-5.51E-09
-6.20E-09
-6.88E-09
-7.57E-09
-8.26E-09
-8.95E-09
-9.64E-09
-1.03E-08
-1.10E-08
-1.17E-08
-1.24E-08
-1.31E-08
-1.38E-08
-1.45E-08
-1.51E-08
-1.58E-08
 6. The results of deflections obtained from Short Edge Clamped, Long Edge Free
Subjected to Uniform Distributed Load as follows in the table below.
S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)
N
MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 3.0740 x 10-3 2.5353 x 10-3
2. 0.03 1.1419 x 10-5 9.4286 x 10-5
3. 0.06 1.4416 x 10-5 1.1947 x 10-5
4. 0.09 4.3418 x 10-6 3.6183 x 10-6
5. 0.12 1.8733 x 10-6 1.5720 x 10-6
6. 0.15 9.8647 x 10-7 8.3438 x 10-7
7. 0.18 5.9022 x 10-7 5.0343 x 10-7
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.01
+2.59E-14
-1.34E-04
-2.67E-04
-4.01E-04
-5.35E-04
-6.68E-04
-8.02E-04
-9.36E-04
-1.07E-03
-1.20E-03
-1.34E-03
-1.47E-03
-1.60E-03
-1.74E-03
-1.87E-03
-2.00E-03
-2.14E-03
-2.27E-03
-2.41E-03
-2.54E-03
-2.67E-03
-2.81E-03
-2.94E-03
-3.07E-03
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.03
+6.88E-17
-4.96E-06
-9.93E-06
-1.49E-05
-1.99E-05
-2.48E-05
-2.98E-05
-3.48E-05
-3.97E-05
-4.47E-05
-4.96E-05
-5.46E-05
-5.96E-05
-6.45E-05
-6.95E-05
-7.45E-05
-7.94E-05
-8.44E-05
-8.94E-05
-9.43E-05
-9.93E-05
-1.04E-04
-1.09E-04
-1.14E-04
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.06
+6.38E-18
-6.27E-07
-1.25E-06
-1.88E-06
-2.51E-06
-3.13E-06
-3.76E-06
-4.39E-06
-5.01E-06
-5.64E-06
-6.27E-06
-6.89E-06
-7.52E-06
-8.15E-06
-8.77E-06
-9.40E-06
-1.00E-05
-1.07E-05
-1.13E-05
-1.19E-05
-1.25E-05
-1.32E-05
-1.38E-05
-1.44E-05
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.09
+3.64E-19
-1.89E-07
-3.78E-07
-5.66E-07
-7.55E-07
-9.44E-07
-1.13E-06
-1.32E-06
-1.51E-06
-1.70E-06
-1.89E-06
-2.08E-06
-2.27E-06
-2.45E-06
-2.64E-06
-2.83E-06
-3.02E-06
-3.21E-06
-3.40E-06
-3.59E-06
-3.78E-06
-3.96E-06
-4.15E-06
-4.34E-06
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.12
+7.75E-20
-8.14E-08
-1.63E-07
-2.44E-07
-3.26E-07
-4.07E-07
-4.89E-07
-5.70E-07
-6.52E-07
-7.33E-07
-8.14E-07
-8.96E-07
-9.77E-07
-1.06E-06
-1.14E-06
-1.22E-06
-1.30E-06
-1.38E-06
-1.47E-06
-1.55E-06
-1.63E-06
-1.71E-06
-1.79E-06
-1.87E-06
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.15
+4.16E-21
-4.29E-08
-8.58E-08
-1.29E-07
-1.72E-07
-2.14E-07
-2.57E-07
-3.00E-07
-3.43E-07
-3.86E-07
-4.29E-07
-4.72E-07
-5.15E-07
-5.58E-07
-6.00E-07
-6.43E-07
-6.86E-07
-7.29E-07
-7.72E-07
-8.15E-07
-8.58E-07
-9.01E-07
-9.44E-07
-9.86E-07
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.18
+1.64E-23
-2.57E-08
-5.13E-08
-7.70E-08
-1.03E-07
-1.28E-07
-1.54E-07
-1.80E-07
-2.05E-07
-2.31E-07
-2.57E-07
-2.82E-07
-3.08E-07
-3.34E-07
-3.59E-07
-3.85E-07
-4.11E-07
-4.36E-07
-4.62E-07
-4.88E-07
-5.13E-07
-5.39E-07
-5.65E-07
-5.90E-07
 1. The results of deflections obtained from Long Edge Simply Supported, Short Edge
Free Subjected to Uniform Distributed Load as follows in the table below.
S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)
N
MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 7.1285 x 10-4 6.8374 x 10-4
2. 0.03 2.6495 x 10-5 2.5440 x 10-5
3. 0.06 3.3511 x 10-6 3.2282 x 10-6
4. 0.09 1.0122 x 10-6 9.7975 x 10-7
5. 0.12 4.3843 x 10-7 4.2669 x 10-7
6. 0.15 2.3194 x 10-7 2.2704 x 10-7
7. 0.18 1.3949 x 10-7 1.3733 x 10-7
Rect Plate, Long edge Simply Supported,short edge free(UDL) 0.01
+4.21E-15
-3.10E-05
-6.20E-05
-9.30E-05
-1.24E-04
-1.55E-04
-1.86E-04
-2.17E-04
-2.48E-04
-2.79E-04
-3.10E-04
-3.41E-04
-3.72E-04
-4.03E-04
-4.34E-04
-4.65E-04
-4.96E-04
-5.27E-04
-5.58E-04
-5.89E-04
-6.20E-04
-6.51E-04
-6.82E-04
-7.13E-04
Rect Plate, Long edge Simply Supported,short edge free(UDL) 0.03
+1.38E-17
-1.15E-06
-2.30E-06
-3.46E-06
-4.61E-06
-5.76E-06
-6.91E-06
-8.06E-06
-9.22E-06
-1.04E-05
-1.15E-05
-1.27E-05
-1.38E-05
-1.50E-05
-1.61E-05
-1.73E-05
-1.84E-05
-1.96E-05
-2.07E-05
-2.19E-05
-2.30E-05
-2.42E-05
-2.53E-05
-2.65E-05
Rect Plate, Long edge Simply Supported,short edge free(UDL) 0.06
+1.68E-18
-1.46E-07
-2.91E-07
-4.37E-07
-5.83E-07
-7.28E-07
-8.74E-07
-1.02E-06
-1.17E-06
-1.31E-06
-1.46E-06
-1.60E-06
-1.75E-06
-1.89E-06
-2.04E-06
-2.19E-06
-2.33E-06
-2.48E-06
-2.62E-06
-2.77E-06
-2.91E-06
-3.06E-06
-3.21E-06
-3.35E-06
Rect Plate, Long edge Simply Supported,short edge free(UDL) 0.09
+6.65E-20
-4.40E-08
-8.80E-08
-1.32E-07
-1.76E-07
-2.20E-07
-2.64E-07
-3.08E-07
-3.52E-07
-3.96E-07
-4.40E-07
-4.84E-07
-5.28E-07
-5.72E-07
-6.16E-07
-6.60E-07
-7.04E-07
-7.48E-07
-7.92E-07
-8.36E-07
-8.80E-07
-9.24E-07
-9.68E-07
-1.01E-06
Rect Plate, Long edge Simply Supported,short edge free(UDL) 0.12
+5.75E-20
-1.91E-08
-3.81E-08
-5.72E-08
-7.62E-08
-9.53E-08
-1.14E-07
-1.33E-07
-1.52E-07
-1.72E-07
-1.91E-07
-2.10E-07
-2.29E-07
-2.48E-07
-2.67E-07
-2.86E-07
-3.05E-07
-3.24E-07
-3.43E-07
-3.62E-07
-3.81E-07
-4.00E-07
-4.19E-07
-4.38E-07
Rect Plate, Long edge Simply Supported,short edge free(UDL) 0.15
+1.06E-20
-1.01E-08
-2.02E-08
-3.03E-08
-4.03E-08
-5.04E-08
-6.05E-08
-7.06E-08
-8.07E-08
-9.08E-08
-1.01E-07
-1.11E-07
-1.21E-07
-1.31E-07
-1.41E-07
-1.51E-07
-1.61E-07
-1.71E-07
-1.82E-07
-1.92E-07
-2.02E-07
-2.12E-07
-2.22E-07
-2.32E-07
Rect Plate, Long edge Simply Supported,short edge free(UDL) 0.18
+2.98E-21
-6.06E-09
-1.21E-08
-1.82E-08
-2.43E-08
-3.03E-08
-3.64E-08
-4.25E-08
-4.85E-08
-5.46E-08
-6.06E-08
-6.67E-08
-7.28E-08
-7.88E-08
-8.49E-08
-9.10E-08
-9.70E-08
-1.03E-07
-1.09E-07
-1.15E-07
-1.21E-07
-1.27E-07
-1.33E-07
-1.39E-07
 2. The results of deflections obtained from Short Edge Simply Supported, Long Edge
Free Subjected to Uniform Distributed Load as follows in the table below.
S/ Thickness of Plate (m) Deflection (m)
N
MATLAB ANSYS
1. 0.01 1.6743 x 10-2 1.6282 x 10-2
2. 0.03 6.2045 x 10-4 6.0346 x 10-4
3. 0.06 7.7699 x 10-5 7.5613 x 10-5
4. 0.09 2.3092 x 10-5 2.2492 x 10-5
5. 0.12 9.7836 x 10-6 9.5400 x 10-6
6. 0.15 5.0366 x 10-6 4.9176 x 10-6
7. 0.18 2.9340 x 10-6 2.8687 x 10-6
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.01
+1.61E-12
-7.28E-04
-1.46E-03
-2.18E-03
-2.91E-03
-3.64E-03
-4.37E-03
-5.10E-03
-5.82E-03
-6.55E-03
-7.28E-03
-8.01E-03
-8.74E-03
-9.46E-03
-1.02E-02
-1.09E-02
-1.16E-02
-1.24E-02
-1.31E-02
-1.38E-02
-1.46E-02
-1.53E-02
-1.60E-02
-1.67E-02
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.03
+1.28E-14
-2.70E-05
-5.40E-05
-8.09E-05
-1.08E-04
-1.35E-04
-1.62E-04
-1.89E-04
-2.16E-04
-2.43E-04
-2.70E-04
-2.97E-04
-3.24E-04
-3.51E-04
-3.78E-04
-4.05E-04
-4.32E-04
-4.59E-04
-4.86E-04
-5.13E-04
-5.40E-04
-5.67E-04
-5.93E-04
-6.20E-04
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.06
+2.09E-16
-3.38E-06
-6.76E-06
-1.01E-05
-1.35E-05
-1.69E-05
-2.03E-05
-2.36E-05
-2.70E-05
-3.04E-05
-3.38E-05
-3.72E-05
-4.05E-05
-4.39E-05
-4.73E-05
-5.07E-05
-5.41E-05
-5.74E-05
-6.08E-05
-6.42E-05
-6.76E-05
-7.09E-05
-7.43E-05
-7.77E-05
Rect Plate, Short edge clamped,Long edge free(UDL) 0.09
+2.94E-17
-1.00E-06
-2.01E-06
-3.01E-06
-4.02E-06
-5.02E-06
-6.02E-06
-7.03E-06
-8.03E-06
-9.04E-06
-1.00E-05
-1.10E-05
-1.20E-05
-1.31E-05
-1.41E-05
-1.51E-05
-1.61E-05
-1.71E-05
-1.81E-05
-1.91E-05
-2.01E-05
-2.11E-05
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