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Large deflection analysis of plates

Murray, David W.

UCB/SESM-1967/44, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1967-09-01, 213 pages (500/C23/67/44)

A brief introduction to the finite element concept and a formulation of classical large deflection plate equations is presented.The formaulation of the plate problem for nonlinear material properties is discussed and an approximate method is developed.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-67-44.pdf (10 MB)