TY - EJOU AU - Qian, L. F. AU - Batra, R. C. AU - Chen, L. M. TI - Elastostatic Deformations of a Thick Plate by using a Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and two Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Methods T2 - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences PY - 2003 VL - 4 IS - 1 SN - 1526-1506 AB - We use two meshless local Petrov-Galerkin formulations, namely, the MLPG1 and the MLPG5, to analyze infinitesimal deformations of a homogeneous and isotropic thick elastic plate with a higher-order shear and normal deformable plate theory. It is found that the two MLPG formulations give results very close to those obtained by other researchers and also by the three-dimensional analysis of the problem by the finite element method. KW - DO - 10.3970/cmes.2003.004.161