The problem of vibration and stability analysis of plates with abrupt change of thickness or with cutouts can be conveniently treated by the negative stiffness method, using the higher-order Mindlin plate element as the basic element. The method is simple and yet versatile, and its accuracy was fully tested against a number of numerical examples.
History
Publication title
Computers and Structures
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pagination
687-692
ISSN
0045-7949
Department/School
School of Engineering
Publisher
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
Place of publication
The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Ox5 1Gb