Vibration and buckling of rectangular plates with nonuniform elastic constraints in rotation (Q1081381)

This paper deals with vibration and buckling analyses of rectangular plates with nonuniform elastic constraints against rotation using the spline strip method. The effect of nonuniformity of elastic constraints and aspect ratios on these problems is analyzed, and the results are also compared with those based on uniform elastic constraints. It is found from the numerical examples that the influence of the nonuniformity of elastic constraints on the natural frequencies and buckling loads become evident.