Analysis of Flat Plates under General Loading by an Iterative Matrix Technique: A description of a matrix force iterative technique for the solution of large displacement problems Available to Purchase

TO establish the strength and stiffness of certain types of structure it is necessary to use a large displacement theory, i.e. one in which allowance is made for the redistribution of the loading effects as a consequence of the deformation produced by the loads. The post‐buckling behaviour of panels, cylinders and other types of structure under compressive endloads require such a theory and another important category is constituted in thin plates under normal pressure, the pressure being partly resisted by tensions in the plane of the plate, in the way that membranes resist pressure, and partly by the bending resistance or stiffness of the plate.