Pure bending problem for a vibrating elastic plate with non-uniform temperature (Q1111811)

\textit{K. G. Friedrichs} and \textit{R. F. Dressler} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 14, 1-33 (1961; Zbl 0096.400)] derived the differential equation for transverse displacement and the first and second Kirchhoff boundary conditions for the pure bending problem for a thin plate in static equilibrium. This was accomplished by considered asymptotic expansions in terms of the thickness of the plate. A virtue of the approach is that all of their results follow solely from the fundamental three-dimensional equations of elasticity by formal mathematical computation and require no appeal to other laws such as Saint-Venant's principle. They also showed the presence of certain ``edge-layer'' effects for some of the stresses involved. In this article we show that Friedrichs and Dressler's approach extends to the pure bending problem for a thin plate subject to transverse vibrations and with a non-uniform temperature distribution. In the first sections thin plate approximations are derived for all stresses, displacements and temperature. It is then shown that Friedrichs and Dressler's boundary-layer analysis extends to this more general case with very little modification. Finally we show that there is also an edge-layer effect for temperature. A general discussion of the principles of asymptotic analysis may be found in \textit{K. O. Friedrichs'} article in Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 61, 485- 504 (1955; Zbl 0068.164). A derivation of the differential equations governing transverse vibrations for plates of arbitrary thickness using asymptotic analysis may be found in the article of \textit{F. I. Niordson}, Int. J. Solids Structures 15, 167-181 (1979; Zbl 0391.73061); and DCAMM Tech. Rep. (1979).