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A Critical Assessment of Classical Plate Theory

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The accuracy of the plate theory presented in the earlier chapter is critically examined here using the elasticity solution of Sect. 1.2 as a benchmark. The necessity of the plane-stress reduced constitutive law is also brought forth.

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Bhaskar, K., Varadan, T.K. (2021). A Critical Assessment of Classical Plate Theory. In: Plates. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69424-1_3

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