A Semianalytical Three-Dimensional Elasticity Solution for Vibrations of Orthotropic Plates with Arbitrary Boundary Conditions

Abstract

A semianalytical three-dimensional (3D) elasticity solution for the vibration of the orthotropic plate is presented under arbitrary boundary conditions. Three-dimensional (3D) elasticity theory provides the theoretical support for the energy function of orthotropic plates. The orthotropic plates which have the arbitrary boundary condition are realized by the way of arranging three sets of linear springs at the edges. With the aim of eliminating the nonsmooth phenomenon at the edges, the admissible displacement function of an orthotropic plate is expressed with a modified Fourier series solution. Under this framework, a change that occurs on the boundary conditions only needs to modify the boundary parameters of the orthotropic plate, without the need for new derivation, thus greatly saving the modeling time. The convergence and accuracy of the proposed method are better than those of the published literature. Lastly, the new vibration results and parametric research of thick orthotropic plates as well as the geometric parameter are also presented.