Wrong results with plates with uniform load ??

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phmau
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Wrong results with plates with uniform load ??

Post by phmau » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:47 am

an example of a square clamped plate, with uniform load (dead load) using for example, example 7.1 do not give good results for vertical deflection at center.
The results seems good if the thicknes is devided by 2 !!

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Post by silvia » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:45 am

go ahead and let me know if there is something wrong with the example, and where....
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