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Analysis of Rectangular Plate With Opening by Finite Difference Method
Analysis of Rectangular Plate With Opening by Finite Difference Method
Analysis of Rectangular Plate With Opening by Finite Difference Method
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Received September 18, 2015; Revised September 25, 2015; Accepted October 11, 2015
Abstract Steel plates are commonly used to support lateral or vertical loads. Before the design of such a plate,
analysis is performed to check the stability of plate for the proposed load. There are several methods for this analysis.
In this research, a finite difference method (FDM) is proposed to analyze a rectangular steel plate. The plate is
considered to be subjected to an arbitrary transverse uniformly distributed loading and is considered to be clamped at
the two opposite edges and free at the other two edges. At first the plate is analyzed considering it to be completely
solid and then it was re-analyzed considering a rectangular opening at its centre. The ordinary finite difference
method is used to solve the governing differential equation of the plate deflection. The proposed method can be
easily programmed to readily apply on a plate problem. The work covers the determination of displacement
components at different points of the plate and checking the result by software (STAAD.Pro) analysis.
Keywords: finite difference method, plate analysis, numerical analysis of hollow plate, FDM
Cite This Article: Md. Roknuzzaman, Md. Belal Hossain, Md. Rashedul Haque, and Dr. Tarif Uddin Ahmed,
“Analysis of Rectangular Plate with Opening by Finite Difference Method.” American Journal of Civil
Engineering and Architecture, vol. 3, no. 5 (2015): 165-173. doi: 10.12691/ajcea-3-5-3.
EH 3 30 × 106 × 13
D= = =2.75 × 106 lb − in
12(1 − v 2 ) 12(1 − 0.32 )
L 8
Finite difference along fixed edge, ∆L = = = 1ft
8 8
The quantity at right hand side of resulting matrix form
of FDM equations (Figure 4),
P(∆L)4 125 × 14 × 12
= = 0.000545 =ft 0.0065in
D 2.75 × 106
Figure 4. Matrix form of FDM equations
4.3. Generation of Nodes
4.2. Calculation of Parameters 𝐵𝐵
Finite difference nodes are generated by taking Δ𝐵𝐵 =
Uniformly distributed load intensity, 8
𝐿𝐿
and Δ𝐿𝐿 = as shown in fig. 5
8
10 L 8
P = γ Hc = 150 × = 125 psf Finite difference along fixed edge, ∆L = = = 1 ft
12 8 8
The quantity at right hand side of resulting FDM
Flexural rigidity of slab, equations.
Table 2. Comparison of node displacements for solid plate W5 0.347 0.312 11.2
Figure 6, Figure 7 and Figure 8 represent the deflection calculation in FDM analysis. Moreover, deflection pattern
data comparison graphically. Each of these figures is also similar in both cases. Thus, the FDM analysis is
contains four curves; two for plate without opening and found to be satisfactory as compared to STAAD.Pro
two for plate with opening. For each condition node analysis.
displacement data obtained from FDM analysis and that
obtained from STAAD.Pro pakage are plotted against
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