On plate theories and Saint-Venant's principle
On plate theories and Saint-Venant's principle
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DOI:
10.1016/0020-7683(85)90052-6
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
R. D. Gregory;F. Wan
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作者:
R. D. Gregory;F. Wan
It is generally known (hat the classical Germain-Kirchhoff plate theory is the leading term of the outer (asymptotic expansion or interior) solution in a small thickness parameter for the linear elastostatics of thin, flat, isotropic bodies. This leading term (or the actual) outer solution alone cannot satisfy arbitrarily prescribed admissible edge-data. On the other hand, the complementary inner (asymptotic expansion or boundary layer) solution is determined by a sequence of boundary value problems which are nearly as difficult to solve as the original problem. For stress edge-data, Saint-Venant's principle has been invoked to generate a set of stress boundary conditions for the classical plate theory as well as for higher order terms in the outer expansion (giving various thick plate theories) without any reference to the inner solution. Attempts to derive the corresponding boundary conditions for displacement and other types of edge-data in the literature for general shape plates have not been successful.The present study applies a general method developed by the authors to derive the correct set of boundary conditions for arbitrarily prescribed admissible edge-data (without an explicit solution of the inner (or boundary layer) solution) for a number of special cases of general interest, including cases with displacement edge-data. Our general results also show that, to be strictly correct, Saint-Venant's principle should be applied only to the leading term outer solution, i.e. the classical plate theory.