In this paper, transverse vibrations of thin circular plates with guided edge and resting on Winkler foundation have been studied on the basis of Classical Plate Theory. Parametric investigations on the vibration of circular plates resting on elastic foundation have been carried out with respect to various foundation stiffness parameters. Twelve vibration modes are presented. The location of th...

In this article, an exact levy solution is presented for bending analysis of a functionally graded (FG) annular sector plate. The governing equilibrium equations are obtained based on the classical plate theory. Introducing an analytical method for the first time, the three coupled governing equilibrium equations are replaced by an independent equation in term of transverse deflection. This equ...

An efficient C0 continuous two dimensional (2D) finite element (FE) model is developed based on a refined higher order shear deformation theory (RHSDT) for the static analysis of soft core sandwich plate having imperfections at the layer interfaces. In this (RHSDT) theory, the in-plane displacement field for the face sheets and the core is obtained by superposing a globally varying cubic displa...

Global energy sources such as coal and oil are limited, and the burning of such fossil resources creates pollution problems. Wind energy offers one of several promising clean alternatives to carbon-based fuels. However, the composite materials currently available for producing wind turbine blades cannot accommodate the scale-up of wind energy due to their high price and disposal challenges (e.g...

The aim of this paper is to extend, to the linear elasticity system, the asymptotic analysis by compensated compactness previously developed by the authors for the linear diffusion equation. For simplicity, we restrict ourselves to stratified media. In the case of sole homogenization we recover the classical result of W.H. Mc Connel, deriving explicitly the effective elasticity tensor for strat...

This paper deals with the finite element approximation of the vibration modes of a laminated plate modeled by the Reissner-Mindlin equations; DL3 elements are used for the bending terms and standard piecewise linear continuous elements for the in-plane displacements. An a priori estimate of the regularity of the solution, independent of the plate thickness, is proved for the corresponding load ...

Laminated glass units exhibit complex response as a result of different mechanical behavior and properties of glass and polymer foil. We aim to develop a finite element model for elastic laminated glass plates based on the refined plate theory by Mau. For a geometrically nonlinear description of the behavior of units, each layer behaves according to the ReissnerMindlin kinematics, complemented ...

This paper deals with the effect of the intrinsic material length-scale parameter on the stability and natural frequency of a rectangular micro-plate for two different cases; fully clamped and fully simply supported. A variational formulation based on Hamilton’s principle and the modified couple stress theory is used to obtain the nonlinear governing equation of a micro-plate incorporating the ...

Because of the light weight and high strength, composite laminates have many advantages in aircraft structures; however, they are frequently subjected to severe dynamic loadings during flight. To understand properties laminated thin plates at stress scale, this paper studies modal analysis (SMA) by finite element method (FEM). Firstly, basic theory on SMA was given from classical displacement a...