Formulas for at plates with straight boundaries and constant thickness

1. Rectangular plate; all

edges simply supported

Case no.,
shape, and supports

1b. Uniform over small

concentric circle of
radius ro (note
denition of r0o )

1a. Uniform over entire

plate

Case no., loading

bqb
t2

0.2874
0.0444
0.420

1.0

1.0
0.435
0.1267

a=b
b
a

aWb2
Et3

ymax

1.2
0.4530
0.0770
0.478

1.4
0.5172
0.0906
0.491

0.650
0.1478

1.2
0.789
0.1621

1.4
0.875
0.1715

1.6



3W
2b

1 n ln 0 b
2
2pt
pro

0.3762
0.0616
0.455

(At center) smax

b
a
g

a=b
1.6

1.8

0.5688
0.1017
0.499

1.8

aqb4
Et3

0.958
0.1805

2.0

0.6102
0.1110
0.503

2.0

1.000
0.1851

0.7134
0.1335
0.505

3.0
0.7410
0.1400
0.502

4.0
0.7476
0.1417
0.501

5.0

Formulas and tabulated specic values

0.927
0.1770

and ymax

(At center of long sides) Rmax gqb

(At center) smax sb

0.7500
0.1421
0.500

(Ref. 21 for n 0:3)

(Ref. 21 for n 0:3)

NOTATION: The notation for Table 11.2 applies with the following modications: a and b refer to plate dimensions, and when used as subscripts for stress, they refer to the stresses in directions
parallel to the sides a and b, respectively. s is a bending stress which is positive when tensile on the bottom and compressive on the top if loadings are considered vertically downward. R is the
reaction force per unit
length normal to the plate surface exerted by the boundary support on the edge of the plate. r0o is the equivalent radius of contact for a load concentrated on a very small area
p
and is given by r0o 1:6r2o t2  0:675t if ro < 0:5t and r0o ro if ro 5 0:5t

TABLE 11.4

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Formulas for Stress and Strain
[CHAP. 11