Rectangular plates with simply supported, the size of the plate is 42 𝑚𝑚 ,42 𝑚𝑚

and thickness 𝑡 = 0.4 𝑚𝑚 is subjected to uniform load 𝑃0 = 10 𝐾𝑁. The young's

modulus of elasticity 𝐸 = 70 𝐺𝑝𝑎, and poison’s ratio 𝑣 = 0.35. Find the
deflection of the plate at all nodes by mesh (6 × 6).

𝑃0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
𝑥
8 9 10 11 12 13 14

𝑏 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39 40 41 42

43 44 45 46 47 48 49

𝑦
Solution:
The solution by Finite Difference method.
𝜕2𝑀 𝜕2𝑀 𝜕2𝑤 𝜕2𝑤 𝑀
+ =𝑃 , 2 + =
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 2 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 2 𝐷
The boundary conditions for simply supported
𝜕2𝑤 𝜕2𝑤
𝑤= = = 0, 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 0, 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 0, 𝑏
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 2
then;
𝑀1 = 𝑀2 = 𝑀3 = 𝑀4 = 𝑀5 = 𝑀6 = 𝑀7 = 𝑀8 = 𝑀14 = 𝑀15 = 𝑀21 = 𝑀22
= 𝑀28 = 𝑀29 = 𝑀35 = 𝑀36 = 𝑀42 = 𝑀43 = 𝑀44 = 𝑀45 = 𝑀46
= 𝑀47 = 𝑀48 = 𝑀49 = 0
and
𝑀9 = 𝑀13 = 𝑀37 = 𝑀41 𝑀10 = 𝑀12 = 𝑀38 = 𝑀40
𝑀11 = 𝑀23 = 𝑀27 = 𝑀39 𝑀16 = 𝑀20 = 𝑀30 = 𝑀34
𝑀17 = 𝑀19 = 𝑀31 = 𝑀33 𝑀18 = 𝑀24 = 𝑀26 = 𝑀27
𝜕2 𝑀 𝜕2 𝑀
Point 9: + =𝑃
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 2

1 1
(𝑀8 − 2𝑀9 + 𝑀10 ) + (𝑀2 − 2𝑀9 + 𝑀16 ) = 𝑃9
49 49
1
(−4𝑀9 + 𝑀10 + 𝑀16 ) = 𝑃0
49
Point 10:
1 1
(𝑀9 − 2𝑀10 + 𝑀11 ) + (𝑀3 − 2𝑀10 + 𝑀17 ) = 𝑃10
49 49
1
(𝑀9 − 4𝑀10 + 𝑀11 + 𝑀17 ) = 𝑃0
49

Point 11:
1 1
(𝑀10 − 2𝑀11 + 𝑀12 ) + (𝑀4 − 2𝑀11 + 𝑀18 ) = 𝑃11
49 49
1
(2𝑀10 − 4𝑀11 + 𝑀18 ) = 𝑃0
49
Pint 16:
1 1
(𝑀15 − 2𝑀16 + 𝑀17 ) + (𝑀9 − 2𝑀16 + 𝑀23 ) = 𝑃16
49 49
1
(𝑀 + 𝑀11 −4𝑀16 + 𝑀17 ) = 𝑃0
49 9
Point 17:
1 1
(𝑀16 − 2𝑀17 + 𝑀18 ) + (𝑀10 − 2𝑀17 + 𝑀24 ) = 𝑃17
49 49
1
(𝑀 + 𝑀16 − 4𝑀17 +) = 𝑃0
49 9
Point 18:
1 1
(𝑀17 − 2𝑀18 + 𝑀19 ) + (𝑀11 − 2𝑀18 + 𝑀25 ) = 𝑃18
49 49
1
(𝑀 + 2𝑀17 − 4𝑀18 + 𝑀25 ) = 𝑃0
49 11
Point 25:
1 1
(𝑀24 − 2𝑀25 + 𝑀26 ) + (𝑀18 − 2𝑀25 + 𝑀32 ) = 𝑃25
49 49
1
(4𝑀18 − 4𝑀25 ) = 𝑃0
49
From MATLAB program A:
4851 3577 980 3577
𝑀9 = − 𝑃0 , 𝑀10 = − 𝑃0 , 𝑀11 = − 𝑃0 , 𝑀16 = − 𝑃 ,
104 52 13 52 0
833 2989 6615
𝑀17 = − 𝑃0 , 𝑀18 = − 𝑃0 , 𝑀25 = − 𝑃 ,
8 26 52 0
𝜕2 𝑤 𝜕2 𝑤 𝑀
Point 9: + =
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 2 𝐷

1 𝑀9
(−4𝑤9 + 𝑤10 + 𝑤16 ) =
49 𝐷
1 4851
(−4𝑤9 + 𝑤10 + 𝑤16 ) = − 𝑃
49 104𝐷 0
Point 10:
1 𝑀10
(𝑤9 − 4𝑤10 + 𝑤11 + 𝑤17 ) =
49 𝐷
1 3577
(𝑤9 − 4𝑤10 + 𝑤11 + 𝑤17 ) = − 𝑃
49 52𝐷 0
Point 11:
1 𝑀11
(2𝑤10 − 4𝑤11 + 𝑤18 ) =
49 𝐷
1 980
(2𝑤10 − 4𝑤11 + 𝑤18 ) = − 𝑃
49 13𝐷 0
Pint 16:
1 𝑀16
(𝑤9 + 𝑤11 −4𝑤16 + 𝑤17 ) =
49 𝐷
1 3577
(𝑤9 + 𝑤11 −4𝑤16 + 𝑤17 ) = − 𝑃
49 52𝐷 0
Point 17:
1 𝑀17
(𝑤9 + 𝑤16 − 4𝑤17 +) =
49 𝐷
1 833
(𝑤9 + 𝑤16 − 4𝑤17 +) = − 𝑃
49 8𝐷 0
Point 18:
1 𝑀18
(𝑤11 + 2𝑤17 − 4𝑤18 + 𝑤25 ) =
49 𝐷
1 2989
(𝑤11 + 2𝑤17 − 4𝑤18 + 𝑤25 ) = − 𝑃
49 26𝐷 0
Point 25:
1 𝑀25
(4𝑤18 − 4𝑤25 ) =
49 𝐷
1 6615
(4𝑤18 − 4𝑤25 ) = − 𝑃
49 52𝐷 0

From MATLAB program A:

𝑤9 = −0.0812 , 𝑤10 = −0.1356 , 𝑤11 = −0.1544 , 𝑤16 = −0.1356 ,
𝑤17 = −0.2275 , 𝑤18 = −0.2595 , 𝑤25 = −0.2961 .
The free vibrations of rectangular plates

INTRODUCTION
Consider only the classical theory governed by the differential equation

4
𝜕2𝑤
𝐷𝛻 𝑤 + 𝜌ℎ 2 = 0
𝜕𝑡
The boundary conditions for simply supported rectangular plates.
𝜕2𝑤
𝑤= = 0 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 0, 𝑎
𝜕𝑥 2
𝜕2𝑤
𝑤= = 0 𝑎𝑡 𝑦 = 0, 𝑏
𝜕𝑦 2
The sinusoidal time response for free vibration;
𝑤(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑡) = 𝑊(𝑥, 𝑦)𝑒 𝑖𝜔𝑡 1

The equation of normal vibration modes:

𝛻 4 𝑤(𝑥, 𝑦) − 𝜆4 𝑤(𝑥, 𝑦) = 0 2
where;
𝑚𝜋𝑥 𝑛𝜋𝑦
𝑤(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑤𝑚,𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛
𝑎 𝑏

4
𝜕4𝑤 𝜕4𝑤 𝜕4𝑤
𝛻 𝑤(𝑥, 𝑦) = +2 2 2+ 4
𝜕𝑥 4 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦
By substituting in equation 2.
𝑚 2 𝑚𝑛 2 𝑛 2 𝑚𝜋𝑥 𝑛𝜋𝑦 𝑚𝜋𝑥 𝑛𝜋𝑦
𝜋 4 𝑤𝑚,𝑛 [( ) + 2 ( ) + ( ) ] 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛 − 𝜆4 𝑤𝑚,𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛 =0
𝑎 𝑎𝑏 𝑏 𝑎 𝑏 𝑎 𝑏
Or
𝑚 2 𝑚𝑛 2 𝑛 2
𝜋 [( ) + 2 ( ) + ( ) ] − 𝜆4 = 0
4
𝑎 𝑎𝑏 𝑏
then;
2 2 2
4
𝑚𝜋 2 𝑛𝜋 2
𝜆 = [( ) +( ) ]
𝑎 𝑏
2 2
2
𝑚𝜋 2 𝑛𝜋 2
𝜆 = [( ) +( ) ] 3
𝑎 𝑏

where

2
𝜔2 𝜌ℎ
𝜆 = 4
𝐷

The natural frequency for simple supported plate;

2
𝑚 2 𝑛 2 𝐷
𝜔𝑚.𝑛 = 𝜋 [( ) + ( ) ] √ 5
𝑎 𝑏 𝜌ℎ
The equation 5 is the Exact solution, we can found natural frequency at all nodes
by MATLAB program B. The natural frequency for Analytical solution
𝜔𝑚𝑛 × 107 𝑟𝑎𝑑⁄𝑠
The lowest frequency 𝜔11 = 0.0218 × 107 𝑟𝑎𝑑⁄𝑠

m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
n
1 0.0218 0.0545 0.1090 0.1854 0.2835 0.4035 0.5452
2 0.0545 0.0872 0.1418 0.2181 0.3162 0.4362 0.5780
3 0.1090 0.1418 0.1963 0. 2726 0.3708 0.4907 0.6325
4 0.1854 0.2181 0.2726 0.3490 0.4471 0.5670 0.7088
5 0.2835 0.3162 0.3708 0.4471 0.5452 0.6652 0.8070
6 0.4035 0.4362 0.4907 0.5670 0.6652 0.7851 0.9269
7 0.5452 0.5780 0.6325 0.7088 0.8070 0.9269 1.0687
The mode shapes respect to (𝑎) x direction.
6
x 10
12

10
natural frequency

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Figure 1: mode shapes for plates.

MATLAB program A
% rectangular plate with simply supported on all four sides.
% Find the deflection of the plate at all nodes. The size of the plate
% is 42 mm by 42 mm. and its thickness is 0.4 mm .It is made of Aluminum
% and the applied force is 10 KN.
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------

%------------------------------------
% input data parameters
%------------------------------------
P=-10e+3; % under load P(kPa)
t=0.4; % plate thickness t(mm)
v=0.35; % Poisson's ratio v no unite
E=70e+9; % Young's modulus of elasticity E(GPa)
D=(E*t^3)/(12*(1-v^2)); % Flexural rigidity of plate D
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Solve linear equations
% [A]{X}=[B] X=inv(A)*B
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A=[-4 1 0 1 0 0 0;1 -4 1 0 1 0 0; 0 2 -4 0 0 1 0;1 0 1 -4 1 0 0;
0 1 0 1 -4 2 0;0 0 1 0 2 -4 1;0 0 0 0 0 4 -4]
B=49*[P P P P P P P]'
M=inv(A)*B
A1=[-4 1 0 1 0 0 0;1 -4 1 0 1 0 0; 0 2 -4 0 0 1 0;1 0 1 -4 1 0 0;
0 1 0 1 -4 2 0;0 0 1 0 2 -4 1;0 0 0 0 0 4 -4]
B1=49*[M/D]
% the deflection at nodes
w=inv(A1)*B1
% MATLAB program B1
%------------------------------------
% input data parameters
%------------------------------------
a=42;b=42; %dimension of plate
h=0.4; % plate thickness t(mm)
v=0.35; % Poisson's ratio v no unite
E=70e+9; % Young's modulus of elasticity E(GPa)
rho=2.8e-6; % the density mass per unit volume.

k = 7;
for m = 1:k
for n = 1:k
w=pi^2*((m/a)^2+(n/b)^2)*sqrt((E*h^3)/(rho*h*12*(1-v^2)))
end
end

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
% MATLAB program B2
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
% input x dimension at nodes
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
x=[0 7 14 21 28 35 42];
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
% input the natural frequency at all n
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
w1=1e+7*[0.0218 0.0545 0.1090 0.1854 0.2835 0.4035 0.5452];
plot(x,w1,'g')
xlabel('a');ylabel('natural frequency');
hold on
w2=1e+7*[0.0545 0.0872 0.1418 0.2181 0.3162 0.4362 0.5780];
plot(x,w2,'r')
hold on
w3=1e+7*[0.1090 0.1418 0.1963 0.2726 0.3708 0.4907 0.6325];
plot(x,w3,'c')
hold on
w4=1e+7*[0.1854 0.2181 0.2726 0.3490 0.4471 0.567 0.7088];
plot(x,w4,'m')
hold on
w5=1e+7*[0.2835 0.3162 0.3708 0.4471 0.5452 0.6652 0.8070];
plot(x,w5,'y')
hold on
w6=1e+7*[0.4035 0.4362 0.4907 0.5670 0.6652 0.7851 0.9269];
plot(x,w6,'b')
hold on
w7=1e+7*[0.5452 0.5780 0.6325 0.7088 0.8070 0.9269 1.0687];
plot(x,w7,'b')