Tdg. Canisius et Ro. Foschi, SOME ASPECTS IN THE CALCULATION OF TRANSVERSE-SHEAR STRESSES IN MINDLIN PLATES, Communications in numerical methods in engineering, 9(8), 1993, pp. 681-685
Calculation of transverse shear stresses in Mindlin plates by the use
of the equilibrium equations and the displacement solutions from eithe
r finite-strip or finite-element analyses is considered. It is shown t
hat at least quadratic interpolation of displacements should be used f
or this purpose. Also, a difference in the shear stress distributions
obtainable across the plate thickness under linear and geometrically n
on-linear analyses is explained.