The Boundary Element Method for Plate Analysis

Example 3.8

In this example the postbuckling response of the circular plate of Fig. 3.36 is studied. The boundary is clamped and movable. The employed data are $\mathit{E}=3\times {10}^7\mathrm{kN}\mathrm{/}{\mathrm{m}}^{\mathrm{2}}$, $\mathit{\nu }=0.3$, $\mathit{h}=0.0625\mathrm{m}$. The results were obtained with $\mathit{N}=200$ boundary elements and $\mathit{M}=300$ domain nodal points resulting from 516 linear triangular elements. Fig. 3.37 shows the variation ...