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New exact solutions for free vibrations of thin orthotropic rectangular plates

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel separation of variables is presented for solving the exact solutions for the free vibrations of thin orthotropic rectangular plates with all combinations of simply supported (S) and clamped (C) boundary conditions, and the correctness of the exact solutions are proved mathematically. The exact solutions for the three cases SSCC, SCCC, and CCCC are successfully obtained for the first time, although it was believed that they are unable to be obtained. The new exact solutions are further validated by extensive numerical comparisons with the solutions of FEM and those available in the literature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)567-574
Number of pages8
JournalComposite Structures
Volume89
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009

Keywords

  • Free vibration
  • Frequency
  • Orthotropic
  • Separation of variables
  • Thin plates

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