scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1335952

Publication date 14 September 1999

buckling computer program forced vibrations free vibrations laminated thin plates Mindlin theory plates on elastic foundations point supported plates straight edges

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids (74-02) Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H45) Plates (74K20)

Review text

The book is a well-organized and well presented treatise on the vibrations of isotropic, orthotropic and laminated thin plates with boundaries composed of straight edges. The theory of thick plates (Mindlin theory) is introduced, and the analysis used focuses entirely on the method of superposition; thus the limitation of straight edges. A generic computer program is provided which illustrates the use of superposition method for solving free vibration problems for rectangular plates. The author states that ``all problems discussed in this book are resolved by computer programs identical in outline to the program presented and described here. This is impressive in that the author analyzes free and forced vibrations, buckling phenomena, plates resting on elastic foundations, and point supported plates. Over the last century three main solution methods for plates have evolved: the classical Rayleigh-Ritz methods, finite elements, and the superposition method. Of the three the only procedure that can satisfy the plate's governing differential equation exactly throughout the entire plate domain is the superposition method. The book is a fine reference text that researchers and designers in structural mechanics should add to their personal libraries.

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