Free vibration characteristics of orthotropic plates have been examined by finite difference methods using (a) the governing differential equation of motion and (b) energy-type analysis. The first approach used in this work is called the direct substitution method in which the governing differential equation has been used for the finite difference formulation leading to the characteristic equations of vibration of an orthotropic plate. [Continues.]
Funding
Turkey, Ministry of Education.
History
School
Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
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Publication date
1974
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.