MechanicsofLaminated CompositeStructures

NachiketaTiwari IndianInstituteofTechnologyKanpur

Lecture21 FiniteRectangularPlates

LectureOverview
Introduction C Commonly l used dsimplification i lifi i approaches h whilesolvingproblemsrelatedtofiniteplates
Stiffnessmatrixelements Boundaryconditions

Outofp planeBCsfordifferentendconditions.

Introduction
Considerarectangularcompositeplatewithdimensionsa andb.Solving fordisplacementfieldforsuchaplateissignificantlydifferentthanthat f asemi for iinfinite i fi it plate. l t Inthesemiinfiniteplate,wehadassumedthatallpartialderivativesin onedirection(e.g.y direction)werezero.Suchasimplificationrenders equilibriumequations,whichareoriginallyPartialDifferentialEquations (PDEs),toOrdinaryDifferentialEquations(ODEs). Suchasimplificationhelpedusdevelopclosedformsolutionsforthe problemathand. Thesamesimplificationcannotbeusedforfiniteplates,sincethe displacementfieldexhibitsvariationinboth,x,andy directions.

Introduction
Hence,onlyinveryspecialcases,closedformsolutionsforfiniteplatesare possible.Ingeneral,finiteplateproblemsaresolvedusingapproximate methods. th d Some S of fth themorepopular l methods th d used dto t address dd finite fi it plate l t problemsare:
Galerkin method R l i hRitz Rayleigh Rit method th d Finiteelementmethod Seriesmethods

Thelastapproach,i.e.theseriesmethod,workswellinsomespecialcases, andyieldssolutionswhichareofsemiclosednature. Theoverallstrategytosolveafiniteplateproblemstartswithsimplification oftheproblemtothemaximumpossibleextent,withoutcompromisingon thephysicsoftheproblem.Suchsimplificationscanbeappliedtogoverning equations,kinematicrelations,materialproperties,andBCs.

CommonSimplificationStrategies
Kinematics:Lookoutforspecificdisplacementswhichmaybeconstantor zerothroughoutthefield. Equilibrium:Someforceresultantsormomentresultantsmaybeknownor zerothroughoutthefield. Stiffnessmatrices:
Symmetric y laminates:Bij =0. Suchasimplificationdecouplesresultantforce{N}andmomentvectors{M}. Hencethethirdequilibriumequationforz directioninvolvingwo,getsdecoupled withthoseforinplanedisplacementvariables,i.e.uo andvo,wheninfinitesimal strains i areconsidered. id d Balancedandsymmetriclaminates:Bij =0,andA16 =A26 =0. Such hasimplification lf notonly l d decouples l the h outof fplane l responseof fthe h plate l withinplaneresponse,butalsoextensionalstrainswithshearstrains.

CommonSimplificationStrategies
Stiffnessmatrices(contd.):
Symmetricandspeciallyorthotropiclaminates:Bij =A16 =A26=D16 =D26=0 Suchasimplificationnotonlydecouplestheoutofplaneresponseoftheplate withinplaneresponse,butalsoextensionalstrainsdonotcauseshearstrains. Further,thereisnotwistcurvatureinthesystem,unlessitiscausedbyexternally appliedtwistingmoments. moments Insuchacase, case wecansolvetheinplanepartofthe problemindependentlyvisvisoutofplanepartoftheproblem. Nonsymmetric y butspecially p yorthotropic p laminates:A16=A26=B16=B26=D16=D26=0 Balancedandantisymmetriclaminates Crossplyandantisymmetriclaminates

CommonSimplificationStrategies
BoundaryConditions:Equation15.2listsfoursetsofboundaryconditionsfor eachedgeoftheplate.Thesearerelistedbelowforedgex =a.

CommonSimplificationStrategies
BoundaryConditions(contd.):OutofthesefourBCslistedearlier:
Conditions(i)and(ii)relatetoinplanevariables. Conditions(iii)and(iv)relatetooutofplanevariables. Ifthelaminateissymmetricandweareonlyinterestedinoutofplaneresponse oftheplate[i.e.onlywo(x,y)],thenonlyBCs(iii)and(iv)maybeconsidered,and appropriatesimplificationsmaybemade.

Next,welookatdifferentedgeconditionsforrectangularplates,andtheir associatedboundaryconditions.Hereweareaddressingonlyoutofplane boundaryconditions conditions.

DifferentEdgeConditionsforPlates
SimplySupportedCondition:Foraplatesimplysupportedalongedgex =a/2, theoutofplaneBCsalongthisedgewillbe:
wo =0andM+x =0. Theconditionformomentcanbefurtherelaboratedasshownbelow.

ClampedSupport:Here,displacementandslopearezeroalongtheedge.

DifferentEdgeConditionsforPlates
TractionFreeEdge:Foraplatewithtractionfreeedgeatx =a/2,therelevant BCswillbeQ+x =M+x =M+xy =0.SubstitutingthisinBC(iii)inEq.15.2,weget, (EquivalentBCfortractionfreeedge) sinceQ+x andpartialderivativeofMx w.r.t.toy arezeroalongedgex =a/2. AlsofromEq.15.2iv,wesettheotherBCfortractionfreeedgeas: Mx =0. Nowforasymmetriclaminate,

DifferentEdgeConditionsforPlates
TractionFreeEdge(contd.):Thus,outofplaneBCsforsuchplatesatx=a/2 are:

Forspeciallyorthotropiccase,whenD16 =D26 =0,weget: