ANALYSIS OF ARBITRARY MINDLIN PLATES OR BRIDGE DECKS BY SPLINE FINITESTRIP METHOD

Authors
NG SF CHEN X
Citation
Sf. Ng et X. Chen, ANALYSIS OF ARBITRARY MINDLIN PLATES OR BRIDGE DECKS BY SPLINE FINITESTRIP METHOD, Computers & structures, 54(1), 1995, pp. 111-118
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Application, Chemistry & Engineering","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications","Engineering, Civil
Journal title
Computers & structures → ACNP
ISSN journal
00457949
Volume
54
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
111 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-7949(1995)54:1<111:AOAMPO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A spline finite strip method for the analysis of arbitrary Mindlin pla tes is presented. The plateis first mapped into a square domain in the natural coordinate plane, by using the cubic serendipity shape functi on, and the mapped plate is discretised into a number of strips. The d isplacements of each strip are described by interpolation functions wh ich are given as products of piecewise polynomials and B-3 spline func tions. The method, in which three independent reference quantities, w, theta(x), theta(y) are used to take into account the effects of trans verse deformation, is applied to the analysis of single and multi-span fan-shaped bridge decks.