ANALYSIS OF PLATES WITH SINGLE-SIDED STIFFENERS

EFFECT OF AXIAL STIFFENERS ON THE IBUCICLING PROPERTIES OF THIN CURVED PLYWOOD PLATES iN AXIAL COMPRESSION

Asymptotic bounds on the globally optimal positions of orthogonal stiffeners for rectangular plates in elastostatic bending

The present paper treats the problem of finding the asymptotic bounds for the globally optimal locations of orthogonal stiffeners minimizing the compliance of a rectangular plate in elastostatic bending. The essence of the paper is the utilization of a method of analysis of orthogonally stiffened rectangular plates first presented by Mazurkiewicz in 1962, and obtained herein in a closed form fo...

Bending Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates with Arbitrary Boundary Conditions

It is well known that for laminated composite plates a Levy-type solution exists only for cross-ply and antisymmetric angle-ply laminates. Numerous investigators have used the Levy method to solve the governing equations of various equivalent single-layer plate theories. It is the intension of the present study to introduce a method for analytical solutions of laminated composite plates with ar...

Analysis of the Frequency Effects on Design and Back-Iron Characteristics of Double-Layer Secondary Single-Sided Linear Induction Motors

Input frequency is one of the important variables in design and performance analysis of single-sided linear induction motors (SLIMs). Changing the frequency changes both the dimension of the SLIM in design process and the performance of the designed motor. The frequency influences the induced eddy currents in the secondary sheet as well as saturation level of the secondary back-iron. In this pa...

Static Analysis of Triangular Plates

This paper may be regarded as a new numerical method for the analysis of triangular thin plates using the natural area coordinates. Previous studies on the solution of triangular plates with different boundary conditions are mostly based on the Rayleigh-Ritz principle which is performed in the Cartesian coordinates. Consequently, manipulation of the geometry and numerical calculation of the int...