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Inputs
Loading: Uniform loading p = 10 Pa
Geometry:
Width L
x
=
0.5 m
Length L
y
=
0.5
Thickness h = 2 mm
Material:
Young's modulus E = 200 GPa
Poisson's ratio = 0.3
Output: Unit of displacement w = mm
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This calculator computes the maximum displacement and stress of a clamped (fixed) rectangular plate under
a uniformly distributed load.
Calculate Default Values

Displacement
where values of c
1
are listed in the following table.
Max(L
x
/L
y
, L
y
/L
x
) 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0
c
1
0.0138 0.0188 0.0226 0.0251 0.0267 0.0277 0.0284
Hence, w
max
= 0.00539062500001 mm 0.00539 mm
The formula is valid for most commonly used metal materials that have Poission's ratios around 0.3. In fact,
the Poisson's ratio has a very limited effect on the displacement and the above calculation normally gives a
very good approximation for most practical cases. The coefficient c
1
is calculated by the polynomial least-
square curve-fitting.
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Stress
where values of c
2
are listed in the following table.
Max(L
x
/L
y
, L
y
/L
x
) 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0
c
2
0.3078 0.3834 0.4356 0.4680 0.4872 0.4974 0.5000
Hence,
max
= 0.192375 MPa 0.192 MPa
The formula is valid for most commonly used metal materials that have Poission's ratios around 0.3. The
coefficient c
2
is calculated by the polynomial least-square curve-fitting.
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