<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents an analytical study which deals with the behavior of the circular plates in bending theory, considering the soil-structure interaction under Winkler's hypothesis. It was intended to illustrate the variation of internal forces and deformations according to the flexibility coefficient of plates considering three models: a fixed solid circular plate subjected to a uniformly distributed load, a fixed solid circular plate acted by a displacement applied on the exterior contour and a solid plate subjected to a temperature gradient. For this study the computation relations were written as a product between a dimensional and a non-dimensional factor, the last one indicating the variation of internal forces and deformations. For each type of action there are presented results obtained using the finite element method to illustrate the differences between this method and the analytical computation.</p></abstract>

This paper presents an analytical study which deals with the behavior of the circular plates in bending theory, considering the soil-structure interaction under Winkler's hypothesis. It was intended to illustrate the variation of internal forces and deformations according to the flexibility coefficient of plates considering three models: a fixed solid circular plate subjected to a uniformly distributed load, a fixed solid circular plate acted by a displacement applied on the exterior contour and a solid plate subjected to a temperature gradient. For this study the computation relations were written as a product between a dimensional and a non-dimensional factor, the last one indicating the variation of internal forces and deformations. For each type of action there are presented results obtained using the finite element method to illustrate the differences between this method and the analytical computation.

The Influence of Flexibility Coefficient on the Size of Internal Forces and Deformations in Circular Plates on Elastic Medium

PhD Student, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Department of Strength of Materials, Bridges and Tunnels

Professor, PhD, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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This paper presents an analytical study which deals with the behavior of the circular plates in bending theory, considering the soil-structure interaction...

The Influence of Flexibility Coefficient on the Size of Internal Forces and Deformations in Circular Plates on Elastic Medium

Published Online: Oct 24, 2016

Page range: 30 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mmce-2016-0012

Keywords
temperature gradient, stiffness, bending, Winkler medium, foundation

© 2016 Mirela Şandru et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Influence of Flexibility Coefficient on the Size of Internal Forces and Deformations in Circular Plates on Elastic Medium

Published Online: Oct 24, 2016

Page range: 30 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mmce-2016-0012

Keywordstemperature gradient, stiffness, bending, Winkler medium, foundation

© 2016 Mirela Şandru et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
temperature gradient, stiffness, bending, Winkler medium, foundation