TY  - EJOU
AU  - Qian, L. F.  
AU  - Batra, R. C.  
AU  - Chen, L. M.  

TI  - Free and Forced Vibrations of Thick Rectangular Plates using Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and Meshless Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method
T2  - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences

PY  - 2003
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
SN  - 1526-1506

AB  - We use a meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method to analyze three-dimensional infinitesimal elastodynamic deformations of a homogeneous rectangular plate subjected to different edge conditions. We employ a higher-order plate theory in which both transverse shear and transverse normal deformations are considered. Natural frequencies and the transient response to external loads have been computed for isotropic and orthotropic plates. Computed results are found to agree with those obtained from the analysis of the 3-dimensional problem either analytically or by the finite element method.
KW  - 

DO  - 10.3970/cmes.2003.004.519