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737
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<TITLE>
on the analysis of elastic plates of variable thickness .
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<AUTHOR>
mansfield,e.h.
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<BIBLIO>
q. j. mech. app. math. 15, 1962, 167.
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<TEXT>
  the extensional and flexural equations
governing the elastic behaviour of a plate
of variable thickness are expressed in
terms of the laplacian operator .  temperature
variations in the plane of the
plate and across the thickness of the plate
are taken into account .
  general solutions are given for a rectangular
plate whose thickness varies exponentially
along the length, and for a circular,
or annular, plate whose thickness varies
as a power of the radius .
  the large-deflexion equations, including
effects of initial irregularities, are also
discussed .
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