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Plate and Shell Theory

This document discusses plate and shell elements used in finite element analysis. It covers plate theory, stresses and governing equations for thin and thick plates. It provides examples of plate boundary conditions and applications such as shear walls and floor panels. It also discusses shell elements, the forces acting on shells, and examples of shell structures like cylindrical containers. Finally, it gives an example problem of buckling analysis of simply supported plates with central and eccentric circular holes under compressive loads.

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Plate and Shell Theory

This document discusses plate and shell elements used in finite element analysis. It covers plate theory, stresses and governing equations for thin and thick plates. It provides examples of plate boundary conditions and applications such as shear walls and floor panels. It also discusses shell elements, the forces acting on shells, and examples of shell structures like cylindrical containers. Finally, it gives an example problem of buckling analysis of simply supported plates with central and eccentric circular holes under compressive loads.

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PlateandShellElements

PlateTheory
Flatplate
Lateralloading
Bendingbehaviordominates

F
ForcesandMomentsActingonthePlate:
dM
A i
h Pl

Applications:
Shearwalls
Floorpanels
Shelves

Stresses:

RelationsBetweenForcesandStresses
Bending moments (per unit length):
Bendingmoments(perunitlength):

Stresses:

ThinPlateTheory(KirchhoffPlateTheory)
Assumptions(similartothoseinthebeamtheory):
p
(
y)
Astraightlinealongthenormaltothemidsurfaceremainsstraightandnormaltothe
deflectedmidsurfaceafterloading,thatis,theseisnotransversesheardeformation:

Displacement:

Strains:

Notethatthereisnostretchofthemidsurface
duetothedeflection(bending)oftheplate.

Stresses(planestressstate):

or

Mainvariable:deflectionw=w(x,y)

GoverningEquation:
Where,
Where

Comparethe1Dequationforstraightbeam:
Shearforcesandbendingmoments:

BoundaryConditions:

wherenisthenormaldirectionoftheboundary.Notethatthegivenvaluesinthe
boundaryconditionsshownabovecanbenonzerovaluesaswell.

Examples:
Asquareplatewithfouredgesclampedorhinged,andunderauniformloadqora
A
square plate with four edges clamped or hinged and under a uniform load q or a
concentratedforcePatthecenterC.

Themaximumdeflectionsfromanalyticalsolutionsaregiveninthe
y
g
followingtable

ThickPlateTheory(Mindlin PlateTheory)
If th thi k
Ifthethicknesstofaplateisnotthin,e.g.,
t f l t i
t thi
(L=acharacteristicdimensionoftheplate),thenthethickplatetheorybyMindlin should
beapplied.Thistheoryaccountsfortheanglechangeswithinacrosssection,thatis,

Newrelations:

Notethatifweimposedtheconditions(or
assumptions)that

thenwecanrecovertherelationsappliedin
thethinplatetheory.
Mainvariables:

PlateElements
KirchhoffPlateElements:
4NodeQuadrilateralElement
DOFateachnode:

Oneachelement,thedeflectionw(x,y)is
representedby

whereNi,Nxi andNyi areshapefunctions.


Thestiffnessmatrixisstilloftheform

whereBisthestraindisplacementmatrix,andEthestressstrainmatrix.

Mindlin PlateElements:
4Node
4
NodeQuadrilateral
Quadrilateral

8Node
8
NodeQuadrilateral
Quadrilateral

DOFateachnode:
Oneachelement:

Threeindependentfields.
Deflectionw(x,y)islinearforQ4,andquadraticforQ8.

Example:

ANSYS4nodequadrilateralplateelement.

ShellElements
Shells Thinstructureswitchspanovercurvedsurfaces.
p

Examples:
Seashell,eggshell(thewonderofthenature);
Containers,pipes,tanks;
Carbodies;
Roofs buildings (the Superdome) etc
Roofs,buildings(theSuperdome),etc.

Forcesinshells:
Membraneforces+BendingMoments(plates:bendingonly)

Example:ACylindricalContainer.
p
y

ShellElements:

Similarity:bar+simplebeamelement=>generalbeamelement.

EXAMPLE:SIMPLYSUPPORTEDPLATESWITHANECCENTRICCIRCULARHOLE
UNDERCOMPRESSIVELOADS

Rectangularplatesundercompressiveloads:withacentralcircularhole; withan
eccentric circular in horizontal direction ; with an eccentric circular in vertical direction
eccentriccircularinhorizontaldirection;withaneccentriccircularinverticaldirection

Bucklingcoefficientsforsimplysupportedrectangularplateswithacentralcircularhole.

Bucklingcoefficientsforsimplysupportedrectangularplateswithaneccentriccircularhole
inhorizontaldirection.

Bucklingcoefficientsforsimplysupportedrectangularplateswithaneccentriccircularhole
inhorizontaldirection.

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