On a generalization of some formulas of the theory of ''moderately thick'' elastic plates (Q1820000)

We first restate formulas for stresses and stress couples of a theory of isotropic moderately thick plates in the classical texts of Love and of Timoshenko in simplified form. We then use recent results for a two- dimensional twelfth-order plate theory, to derive a generalization of the classical formulas such that the results for the isotropic case appear as special cases of the corresponding results for transversely isotropic plates. In addition we transform the general equations of our two- dimensional twelfth-order theory so as to be left with one fourth-order equation for an interior solution contribution, and one fourth-order equation for transverse normal stress edge zone effects, in addition to the previously known two simultaneous second-order equations for transverse shear stress edge zone effects.