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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 84, Number 4, November25 2022 , pages 453-464
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2022.84.4.453
 

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Deformation performance analysis of thin plates based on a deformation decomposition method
Dongwei Wang, Kaixuan Liang and Panxu Sun

 
Abstract
    Thin plates are the most common spatially stressed members in engineering structures that bear out-of-plane loads. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the deformation performance characteristics of thin plates for structural design. By constructing 12 basic displacement and deformation basis vectors of the four-node square thin plate element, a deformation decomposition method based on the complete orthogonal mechanical basis matrix is proposed in this paper. Based on the deformation decomposition method, the deformation properties of the thin plate can be quantitatively analyzed, and the areas dominated by each basic deformation can be visualized. In addition, the method can not only obtain more deformation information of the structure, but also identify macroscopic basic deformations, such as bending, shear and warping deformations. Finally, the deformation properties of the bidirectional thin plates with different sizes of central holes are analyzed, and the changing rules are obtained.
 
Key Words
    central hole; complete orthogonality; deformation decomposition; thin plate; warping deformation
 
Address
Dongwei Wang, Kaixuan Liang and Panxu Sun: School of Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
 

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