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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 13, Number 3, March 2002 , pages 277-298
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2002.13.3.277
 


Free vibration analysis of Reissner plates by mixed finite element
Nihal Eratli and A. Yalcin Akoz (Turkey)

 
Abstract
    In this study, free vibration analysis of Reissner plates on Pasternak foundation is carried out
by mixed finite element method based on the Gateaux differential. New boundary conditions are
established for plates on Pasternak foundation. This method is developed and applied to numerous
problems by Akoz and his co-workers. In dynamic analysis, the problem reduces to the solution of a
standard eigenvalue problem and the mixed element is based upon a consistent mass matrix formulation.
The element has four nodes and bending and torsional moments, transverse shear forces, rotations and
displacements are the basic unknowns. The element performance is assessed by comparison with
numerical examples known from literature. Validity limits of Kirchhoff plate theory is tested by dynamic
analysis. Shear locking effects are tested as far as h/2a =10 -6 and it is observed that REC32 is free from
shear locking.
 
Key Words
    Reissner plate, free vibration, Pasternak, mixed-finite element.
 
Address
Nihal Eratl and A. Yalcin Akoz, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 80626 Maslak-Istanbul, Turkey
 

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