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STIFFENED PLATING UNDER TRANSVERSE LOAD
( (Dept. of Civil Engineering, University Eng. Labs., Bristol 8) )
The behaviour, under transverse load, of a flat plate stiffened by beams is analysed by Fourier series and solutions are obtained for symmetrical and antisymmetrical forms of loading.
An alternative method of analysis is derived for symmetrical loading forms, involving the evaluation of the plate efficiency. This alternative method has some advantage in that the applied loading is expressed in the form of a Fourier series for bending moment rather than load intensity.
Finally, it is shown that approximate solutions (assuming infinite torsional rigidity of the beams) may be obtained for a wide variety of loading forms by superimposing the solutions for the symmetrical and antisymmetrical forms of loading.