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Chapter
5
Plate Bending Analysis
Plate bending analysis is needed for design of new
products and corrugated structures today. Examples are drinking
water bottles, soda cans, high pressure gas containers, automotive
bodies, airplane fuselage, etc. Analysis solutions of these problems
are difficult to obtain in the past by using the classical method. At
present, the finite element method has played important role for
providing detailed solutions. The method has become an essential
tool to engineers for designing new products and analyzing
complicated structures.
This chapter begins with the differential equation and
related equations for solving plate bending problems. The finite
element formulation is described by using a simple plate bending
element for the ease of understanding. An academic plate bending
problem is then analyzed by employing ANSYS Workbench. A
shelf angle bracket that we have seen in our everyday life is used as
