BENDING OF

CLAMPED
PLATES
Ericka Vásquez
Ricardo Delgado Salas
Sophia Arellano
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To check the adequacy of the linear differential equation deduced in class to analyze clamped
plate bending under concentrated load.
 AGENDA
 Theoretical introduction
 Experimental design
 Results
 Conclusions and recommendations
THEORETICAL
INTRODUCTION
   deduced linear differential equation for equilibrium of plates:
The

 Case 1: Simply support rectangular plate under uniform load.

𝑚𝜋 𝑥 𝑛𝜋 𝑦
  𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑛
16 𝑃 𝑎 𝑏
𝑤 0 ( 𝑥 , 𝑦 )= 6 ∑∑ 2
𝜋 𝐷 2 2
𝑚 𝑛
𝑚𝑛 [( )
𝑚
𝑎
+( )]
𝑛
𝑏
 Case 2: Simply support rectangular plate with distributed moment along “x” edges.

 

  𝑎2 𝑀𝑚 𝑚𝜋𝑥 𝑚𝜋 𝑦 𝑚𝜋 𝑦 𝑚𝜋 𝑦
𝑤 1 ( 𝑥 , 𝑦 ) =∑ 2 2 𝑠𝑒𝑛 (𝛼 𝑚𝑡𝑎𝑛h ( 𝛼 𝑚 ) 𝑐𝑜𝑠h − ¿ 𝑠𝑒𝑛h )¿
𝑚 2 𝜋 𝑚 𝐷𝑐𝑜𝑠h ( 𝛼 𝑚 ) 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎

  𝑚 𝜋𝑏
𝛼 𝑚=
2𝑎
 Case 3: Rectangular plates by moments distributions along the edges y=±a/2.

 
  Combined case: Plate under concentrated load with all its edges clamped.

𝑤
  ( 𝑥 , 𝑦 )=𝑤𝑜 ( 𝑥 , 𝑦 ) +𝑤 1 ( 𝑥 , 𝑦 )+𝑤 2 ( 𝑥 , 𝑦 )
 
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
Test equipment Concentrated load in a clamped plate
RESULTS
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THE Experimental Results

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EXP Theoretical Results

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MEN
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 Teorica Timoshenko Experimental
P My (0,b/2) My (0,b/2) My (0,2b/5)
11.058 -1.71297279 -1.84159932 -0.58847982
17.856 -2.76603745 -2.97373824 -0.90948863
30.34 -4.69990906 -5.0528236 -1.49899644
39.202 -6.07270386 -6.52870108 -1.91746954
RESULTS
DEFLECTION
THEORETICAL –
EXPERIMENTAL
Results
CONCLUSIONS
 After the comparison and statistical analysis it is correct to accept null hypothesis proposed where the
linear differential equation deduced in class is applicable for a plate under bending concentrated loads.

RECOMMENDATIONS
 Vary the thickness of the clamped plate.

 Change the material of the plate.

 Change to a distributed load.

 A concentrated load located at a different position, not at the center.