Moment and Reactions for Recatangular Plates




Preface

THIS MONOGRAPH presents a series of tables con- taining computed data for use in the design of

components of structures which can be idealized as rectangular plates or slabs. Typical examples

are wall and footing panels of counterfort retaining walls. The tables provide the designer with a rapid and economical means of analyzing the

structures at representative points. The data presented, as indicated in the accompanying

figure on the frontispiece, were computed for fivl: sets of boundary conditions, nine ratios of lateral

dimensions, and eleven loadings typical of those encountered in design.



As supplementary guides to the use and devel- opment of the data compiled in this monograph,

two appendixes are included. The first appendix presents an example of application of the data to

a typical structure. The second appendix explains the basic mathematical considerations and develops the application of the finite difference method to the solution of plate problems. A series of drawings in the appendixes presents basic relations which will aid in application of the method to other problems. Other drawings illustrate appli- cation of the method to one of the specific cases and lateral dimension ratios included in the monograph.


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