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Orthotropic Plates in Bending and Shear

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Part of the Solid Mechanics and Its Applications book series (SMIA, volume 171)

Abstract

The constitutive laws for bending and transverse shear in isotropic homogeneous plates were discussed in Chapter 3. We refer to this chapter for definitions of moments and curvatures. There bending moments mxx and myy occur, and equal twisting moments mxy and myx, all defined per unit length (therefore have unit of force). The constitutive relationship between moments and curvatures is
$$\left\{\begin{array}{l}m_{xx}\\ m_{yy}\\ m_{xy} \end{array}\right\} = \frac{Et^3}{12(1-\nu^2)} \left[\begin{array}{llc} 1 & \nu & 0\\ \nu & 1 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & \frac{1}{2}(1-\nu) \end{array}\right] \left\{\begin{array}{l}\kappa_{xx}\\ \kappa_{yy}\\ \rho_{xy} \end{array}\right\}$$
(21.1)

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Emeritus of Structural MechanicsDelft University of TechnologyEdeThe Netherlands

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