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Boundary integral equations for plate bending

AuthorKumar, Kunnath Sashi
Call NumberAIT Thesis no.ST-82-29
Subject(s)Elastic plates and shells
NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering School of Engineering and Technology
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractA boundary integral equation formulation for the general solution of plate bending problems is presented. plate bending theory, a set of Bearing on Kirchoff's thin, elastic simple integral equations on the plate boundary is developed using the and Betti. Included herein are classical reciprocal theorem by Maxwell the concepts of a "decoy" domain whose solution at any arbitrary point is completely determinable; and a "virtual" plate that incorporates the boundary conditions of the real plate and has its forces distributed around the boundary of the region only. Hence , no double integral term is required to account for the domain loading. The solution of the basic integral equations yield the boundary unknowns of the plate. Thereafter, the solution can be extended to any point inside the domain by simply including only the point of interest in the boundary integral equation. Also discussed is the evaluation of finite but improper integrals that yield singular values at the point of application of the load in the decoy system. Numerical testing carried out on several plates subject to different boundary conditions and domain loads exhibit excellent convergence characteristics and compare extremely well with exact analytical results.
Year1982
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology
DepartmentDepartment of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE)
Academic Program/FoSStructural Engineering (STE) /Former Name = Structural Engineering and Construction (ST)
Chairperson(s)Karasudhi, Pisidhi ;Panitan Lukkunaprasit
Examination Committee(s)Usami, Tsutomu
Scholarship Donor(s)Royal Netherlands Government
DegreeThesis (M.Eng.)- Asian Institute of Technology, 1982


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