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The Effect of Shear Deformation and Transverse Warping in the Nonlinear Theory of Elastic Plates

Simo, Juan C.; Kelly, James M.; Taylor, Robert L.

UCB/SESM-1983/03, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1983-02, 34 pages (500/C23/83/03)

A non-linear response of elastic plates theory analogous to that governed by the von-Karman equations but capable of including the effects of transverse shear deformation and subsequent warping of the transverse sections of the plate is developed.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-83-03.pdf (1 MB)