Plate_Circular_Central.

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To determine deflection of a centrally loaded circular plate
By Alex Slocum, 1/1/04, last modified 09/21/04 by Xue'en Yang
Enters numbers in BOLD, Results in RED
Schematic

Plate dimensions and properties

Radius, a (mm)
Thickness, t (mm)
Modulus of elasticity, E (N/mm^2)
Poisson ratio, v
Maximum stress, sigmax (N/mm^2)
Total area
Loading
loading pressure, q (N/mm^2)
Outer radius of loading, ro (mm) (must be <<a)
Outer radius used in calculation, ro_prime (mm)
Total load applied to the plate, W (N)
Outer boundary support:
Simply supported:
Center displacement, dc (mm)
Slope at outer boundary, ta (radians)
Bending moment at center, Mc (N-mm/mm)
Bending stress at center, sigss (N/mm^2)
Safety factor (max allowable stress/bending stress)
Fixed
Center displacement, fdc (mm)
Max slope (@ r=0.368a) (radians)
Radius at maximum slope (mm)
Bending moment at center, fMc (N-mm/mm)
Bending moment at outer fixed edge fMa (N-mm/mm)
Bending stress at center, sigfi (N/mm^2)
Bending stress at outer fixed edge, sigfo (N/mm^2)
Safety factor (max allowable stress/bending stress)

Values
150
1.50
200000
0.29
1000
70686

ProE Simulation
150
1.50
200000
0.29
1000

1
10
10.00
314

1
10

-5.854
0.047
374
1000
1.00

-5.787

-2.295
0.023
55.2
87
-25
233
-67
4.29

-2.238

Equations

Et 3
D
12 1 2
2
'
2
r o 1.6r o t 0.675t

1 r 'o2
a
1 ln 1

r
4r 2

W
Mr
4
Mt

if r o 0.5t

1 ln

1 r 'o2

M r max @ r = 0
M t max @ r = 0

W
a
1 ln '
4
ro
W

1 ln

a
'

Mrm

Mtm

2
'
2
r o 1.6r o t 0.675t

if r o 0.5t

1 r 'o2
W
a
Mr
1 ln 1

4
r
4r 2
Mt

W
4

1 ln

1 r 'o2
a

r
4r 2

Wr
a
ln
4 D r
W 2
2

a r 1 2 ln
16 D

M r max @ r = 0

W
a
1 ln '
4
ro

Mrm

M t max @ r = 0

W
a
1 ln '
4
ro

Mtm

max @ r = 0.368a 0.0293

a

max @ r = 0

'
ro

1.6r o2 t 2 0.675t

Mr

a 2 r 2
W
a
4
1

ln

2
16
r
a

Wa
D

W a 2
16 D

if r o 0.5t

'2

W
a
r o
4
1

ln

2
16
r
r

Wr
1
a

ln

4 D 1
r

Mt

W 3

a 2 r 2 2r 2 ln
16 D 1

a
r

'2
r o
2
r

M r max @ r = 0
Mt

max @ r = 0

max @ r = a
max @ r = 0

W
a
4 1 ln

4
r
W
4

ro

4 1 ln

Wa
4 D 1

W a 2 3

16 D 1

From Roark & Young, Formulas for Stress and Strain, pp 366

'

W
a
1 ln '
4
ro
W

1 ln

a
'

M r min @ r = a
M t min @ r = a

W
4
W

W
a
1 ln '
4
ro

M r min @ r = a

W
4

W
a
1 ln '
4
ro

M t min @ r = a

W
4

0.0293

Wa
D

W a2
6 D

=0

W
a
4 1 ln ' 1

4
ro

=0

W
a
4 1 ln ' 1

4
ro

Wa
4 D 1

66

W a 2 3

16 D 1

Deflection (mm)

Centrally_loaded_circular_plate

0.000
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

-1.000

-2.000

-3.000

-4.000
Simply Supported

-5.000

Fixed support

-6.000

-7.000

Radius (mm) (0 = center)

160

Increment
Plate constants
D
roa2
roa4
L_11
L_14
L_17

6
61268
0.004444
0.000020
0.014393
0.059490
0.200633

Radius (0 is at center)
0
6
12
18
24
30
36
42
48
54
60
66
72
78
84
90
96
102
108
114
120
126
132
138
144
150

(mm)
Simply Supported
-5.854
-5.821
-5.742
-5.629
-5.489
-5.324
-5.139
-4.937
-4.719
-4.487
-4.244
-3.991
-3.729
-3.459
-3.183
-2.902
-2.617
-2.328
-2.037
-1.745
-1.452
-1.159
-0.866
-0.575
-0.286
0.000

Simply supported
moments
M
Mt
(radians)
r
0.000
374 374.33848
-0.010
116 -57.78074
-0.016
85 -51.073051
-0.021
70 -46.077505
-0.026
60 -42.35462
-0.029
52 -39.41257
-0.032
46 -36.986715
-0.035
41 -34.925087
-0.038
37 -33.133503
-0.040
33 -31.549854
-0.041
30 -30.131131
-0.043
27 -28.846358
-0.044
24 -27.672508
-0.045
21 -26.592002
-0.046
19 -25.591123
-0.047
17 -24.658965
-0.048
14 -23.786715
-0.048
12 -22.967149
-0.049
11 -22.194274
-0.049
9 -21.463064
-0.049
7 -20.769262
-0.049
6 -20.10923
-0.049
4 -19.479837
-0.048
3 -18.878366
-0.048
1 -18.302447
-0.047
0
-17.75

r (Pa)

stresses

999.83284
310.13644
225.73821
186.23979
159.85913
139.89732
123.79019
110.2694
98.609852
88.356342
79.203616
70.936689
63.398281
56.469775
50.059457
44.094929
38.518018
33.281275
28.345482
23.677847
19.250675
15.040357
11.026603
7.1918492
3.5207889
0

t (Pa)

999.83284
-154.32846
-136.41268
-123.06991
-113.12633
-105.26832
-98.789022
-93.282555
-88.497353
-84.267534
-80.47822
-77.046679
-73.911404
-71.025444
-68.352165
-65.862434
-63.532712
-61.343706
-59.27941
-57.326399
-55.4733
-53.710399
-52.029331
-50.422843
-48.884603
-47.409054

 (mm)
Fixed support
-2.295
-2.268
-2.206
-2.122
-2.021
-1.908
-1.786
-1.657
-1.525
-1.390
-1.255
-1.121
-0.990
-0.863
-0.741
-0.625
-0.516
-0.415
-0.324
-0.242
-0.171
-0.111
-0.063
-0.029
-0.007
0.000

(radians)
0.000
0.008
0.012
0.016
0.018
0.020
0.021
0.022
0.022
0.023
0.022
0.022
0.022
0.021
0.020
0.019
0.017
0.016
0.014
0.013
0.011
0.009
0.007
0.005
0.002
0.000

Fixed
moments
Mr
Mt
87
91
60
45
35
27
21
16
12
8
5
2
-1
-4
-6
-8
-11
-13
-14
-16
-18
-19
-21
-22
-24
-25

r (Pa)
87
100
75
62
52
45
39
34
30
26
22
19
16
14
11
9
7
5
3
2
0
-2
-3
-5
-6
-7

stresses

233
243
159
120
93
73
57
44
32
22
12
4
-3
-10
-17
-23
-28
-33
-38
-43
-47
-52
-56
-60
-63
-67

t (Pa)
233
267
201
164
139
120
104
90
79
69
60
51
44
37
31
25
19
14
9
4
0
-4
-8
-12
-16
-19

Circular plate with outer edge simply supported

Circular plate with outer edge fixed