Elastostatic Deformations of a Thick Plate by using a Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and two Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Methods
L. F. Qian1,3, R. C. Batra2, L. M. Chen3
Presently visiting scholar at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, M/C 0219, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P.R. China
We use two meshless local Petrov-Galerkin formulations, namely, the MLPG1 and the MLPG5, to analyze infinitesimal deformations of a homogeneous and isotropic thick elastic plate with a higher-order shear and normal deformable plate theory. It is found that the two MLPG formulations give results very close to those obtained by other researchers and also by the three-dimensional analysis of the problem by the finite element method.
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Qian, L. F., Batra, R. C., Chen, L. M. (2003). Elastostatic Deformations of a Thick Plate by using a Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and two Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Methods. CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 4(1), 161–176.
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