The Rayleigh-Ritz method has been employed to obtain the numerical solution of the vibration problem of a triangular plate with arbitrary thickness variation and various boundary conditions at the three edges. The thickness has been approximated by a polynomial in natural co-ordinates which have bee
TRANSVERSE VIBRATION OF A RECTANGULAR PLATE WITH BIDIRECTIONAL THICKNESS VARIATION
β Scribed by B. Singh; V. Saxena
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 302 KB
- Volume
- 198
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-460X
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β¦ Synopsis
The transverse vibrations of a rectangular plate of variable thickness have been investigated with different combinations of boundary conditions at the four edges. The thickness variation is bidirectional and is the cartesian product of linear variations along two concurrent edges of the plate. Successive approximations have been worked out by the Rayleigh-Ritz method using basis functions satisfying essential boundary conditions. Convergence is ensured by taking a sufficient number of approximations. Extensive numerical work has been carried out to obtain the first three frequencies. For some selected cases the mode shapes have also been plotted. Comparison is made with results available in the literature for special cases.
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