Solution of bending of cantilever rectangular plates under uniform surface-load by the method of two-direction trigonometric series (Q1071570)

The bending of a cantilever rectangular plate is a very complicated problem in the theory of plates. For a long time, there have been only approximate solutions for this problem by energy and numerical methods. \textit{F. Chang} [J. Qinghua Univ. 19, 2 ff (1979)] obtained a series of analytic solutions for cantilever rectangular plates under uniform loads and concentrated loads by the method of superposition. In this paper, the two-direction trigonometric series is used to obtain the solution for the bending of cantilever rectangular plates under uniform load. The obtained results are compared with the results by the method of superposition. The comparison shows that the results of these two methods are in good agreement, hence they are mutually confirmed to be correct.