Background: The first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) for plates requires a shear correction factor due to the assumption of constant shear strain and shear stress across the thickness; hence, the shear correction factor strongly influences the accuracy of the deflection solution; the third-order shear deformation theory (TSDT) does not require a correction factor because it facilitates t...

The nite element method with rectangular meshes for the Reissner-Mindlin plate is analyzed. For a plate with thickness bounded below by a positive constant (moderately thick plate), derivative superconvergence of the nite element solution at the Gaussian points is justiied and optimal error estimates for both rotation and displacement are established.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the deformation and flexural properties of acrylic and urethane polymers reinforced with glass fiber sheet. Four types of specimen — self-curing resin plate (R) , light-curing oligomer plate containing a reinforcement (GO) , and self-curing resin plate containing a reinforcement on one (GR) or both (GRG) sides — were prepared with three thicknesses: ...

Thermal stresses and displacement functions are obtained for a rectangular plate occupying the space R: -a < x a, 0 y b, -h z h, with known boundary initial conditions. In this inverse problem unknown surface temperature is determined on along y-axis when at some internal point known. The governing heat conduction equation has been solved by applying Marchi – Fasulo transform Laplace techniq...

a two dimensional generalized thermoelastic problem of a thick circular plate of finite thickness and infinite extent subjected to continuous axisymmetric heat supply and an internal heat generation is studied within the context of generalized thermoelasticity. unified system of equations for classical coupled thermoelasticity, lord-shulman and green-lindsay theory is considered. an exact solut...

High voltage electron microscopic tomography was used to determine the organization of the kinetochore plate and its attachment to the underlying chromosome. Six reconstructions were computed from thick sections of Colcemid-treated PtK1 cells and analyzed by a number of computer graphics methods including extensive thin slicing, three-dimensional masking, and volume rendering. When viewed en-fa...

In this paper, buckling behavior of moderately thick functionally graded rectangular plates resting on elastic foundation subjected to linearly varying in-plane loading is investigated. The neutral surface position for a functionally graded plate which its material properties vary in the thickness direction is determined. Based on the first-order shear deformation plate theory and the neutral s...