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Homework No.6
Determine the equation of the deflection of the simply supported circular plate
subjected to a rotational symmetrical lateral load which linearly increasing from
the center to the edges
qo
a
Answer:
5
2
1 2
225
4 1
45 2 1 5
4
90 1
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4.3 Axisymmetric Bending of Circular Plates with a Circular Hole at the
Center
4.3.1 Bending of a Plate due to Edge Moments.
When considering the bending of a circular plate with a circular hole at the
center by the moments M1 and M2 uniformly distributed along the inner and
outer boundaries, respectively (Fig. 14).
Figure 14.
The shearing force Q vanishes in such a case, and Eq. (11) becomes
By integrating this equation twice we obtain
Integrating again, we find the deflection
The constants of integration are now to be determined from the conditions at
the edges. Substituting expression (a) into Eq. (6), we find
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Applying boundary conditions for moment Mr
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Hence equations for determining constants C1 and C2 are
From which
To determine the constant C3 in Eq. (b), the deflections at the edges of the plate
must be considered. Assume, for example, that the plate in Fig. 14 is supported
along the outer edge. Then w = 0 for r = a, and we find, from (b),
In the particular case when M2 = 0 we obtain
and expressions (a) and (b) for the slope and the deflection become
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4.3.2 Bending of a Plate due to Shearing Forces.
As a second example we consider the case of bending of a plate by shearing
forces Qo uniformly distributed along the inner edge (Fig. 15).
Figure 15.
The shearing force per unit length of a circumference of radius r is
where
2
denotes the total load applied to the inner boundary of the plate. Substituting
this in Eq. (11) and integrating, we obtain
The constants of integration will now be calculated from the boundary
conditions. Assuming that the plate is simply supported along the outer edge,
we have
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For the inner edge of the plate we have
Substituting expressions (e) and (f) in Eqs. (g) and (h), we find
With these values of the constants substituted in expressions (e) and (f), we
find the slope and the deflection at any point of the plate shown in Fig. 15.
For the slope at the inner edge, which will be needed in the further discussion,
we obtain
In the limiting case where b is infinitely small, b2log (b/a) approaches zero,
and the constants of integration and deflection become
This coincides with the deflection of a plate without a hole and loaded at the
center that will be discussed later. Thus a very small hole at the center does not
affect the deflection of the plate does not affect the deflection of the plate.
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4.3.3 Plate Built in Along the Inner Edge and Uniformly Loaded Along the
Outer Edge.
Combining the loadings of the plates in Figs. 14 and 15, shown in the figure
below, we can obtain the solution for the case of a plate built in along the inner
edge and uniformly loaded along the outer edge (Fig. 16).
Figure 16.
Since the slope at the built‐in edge, r=b, is zero in this case, using expressions
(18) and (j), we obtain the following equation for determining the ending
moment M1 at the built‐in edge:
From which
Having this expression for the moment M1, we obtain the deflections of the
plate by superposing expression (19) and expression (f).
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4.3.4 Cases of Plates with central hole of practical importance
By using the same method of superposition we can obtain also the solution for
the several cases of practical importance as represented in Fig. 17.
Figure 17.
In all these cases the maximum stress and maximum deflection is given by a
formula of the type
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depending on whether the applied load is uniformly distributed over the
surface or concentrated along the edge. The numerical values of the factor k,
calculated for several values of the ratio a/b and for Poisson's ratio v = 0.3, are
given in Table 2.
Table 2: Coefficients k and k1 in Eqs. (20) and (21) for the cases shown in Fig. 17
More practical cases of circular plates with central holes can be found in
"Advanced Strength of Materials" by P. Den Hartog.
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4.4 Axisymmetric Bending of Circular Plates Concentrically Loaded
4.4.1 A simply Supported Plate loaded with distributed Load Along a Circle of
Radius b
When considering the case of a simply supported plate in which the load is
uniformly distributed along a circle of radius b (Fig. 18a) one can divide the plate
into two parts as shown in Fig. 18b and c.
Figure 18.
Denoting by P the total load applied, we find that
The magnitude of the moment M1 is found from the condition of continuity
along the circle r = b, from which it follows that both portions of the plate have,
at that circle, the same slope.
Using Eqs. (18) and (j) of the preceding article 4.3, we find the slope for the
inner boundary of the outer portion of the plate equal to
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The inner portion of the plate is bent to a spherical surface, the curvature of
which is given by the following expression.
Therefore the corresponding slope at the boundary is
Equating expressions (b) and (c), we obtain
To obtain deflections of the plate under the load we superimpose the deflection
Outer part of the plate; adding deflection due to the moments M1 from Eq.
(19) and that due to shear force Q1 from Eq. (f)
at r = b
Inner part of the plate; add the deflections due to pure bending of that
portion of the plate
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In this way we obtain
4.4.2 A built in Plate loaded with distributed Load Along a Circle of Radius b
If the outer edge of the plate is built in (Fig. 19)
Figure 19.
the deflections of the plate are obtained by superposing on the deflections (22)
and (23) the deflections produced by the bending moments M2 uniformly
distributed along the outer edge of the plate
M2 of such a magnitude that the slope of the deflection surface at that edge is
equal to zero. From expression (22) the slope at the edge of a simply supported
plate is
The slope produced by the moments M2 is
Equating the sum of expressions (f) and (g) to zero, we obtain
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