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Note on the basic assumptions of elastic plate theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

R. Tiffen
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, University of London.
E. E. Burniston
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, University of London.
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Summary

This note is concerned with an inconsistency in the assumptions made in the Reissner theory of elastic plates. An expression is derived for the stress component t33 and a form is suggested for the shear stress components tα3 which form a suitable basis for an approximate theory of elastic plates.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1962

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