47-50 The Civil Engineering Handbook, Second Edition
For a plate with clamped edges under uniformly distributed load q
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, the deflection surface reduces to
(47.72)
The maximum deflection occurs at the center, where r = 0, and is given by
(47.73)
Bending moments in the radial and tangential directions are respectively given by
(47.74)
The method of superposition can be applied in calculating the deflections for circular plates with
simply supported edges. The expressions for deflection and bending moment are given as
(47.75)
(47.76)
This solution can be used to deal with plates with a circular hole at the center and subjected to concentric
moment and shearing forces. Plates subjected to concentric loading and concentrated loading also can
be solved by this method. More rigorous solutions are available to deal with irregular loading on circular
plates. Once again, the energy method can be employed advantageously to solve circular plate problems.
Figure 47.38 gives deflection and bending moment expressions for typical cases of loading and boundary
conditions on circular plates.
Strain Energy of Simple Plates
The strain energy expression for a simple rectangular plate is given by
(47.77)
A suitable deflection function w(x, y) satisfying the boundary conditions of the given plate may be chosen.
The strain energy, U, and the work done by the given load, q(x, y),
w
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