TITLE:
Forced Vibration Numerical Analysis of Rectangular Elastic Orthotropic Damped Inclined Mindlin Plate Using Finite Difference Algorithm
AUTHORS:
Michael C. Agarana, Amenawon I. Ehigbochie
KEYWORDS:
Load, Plate, Algorithm, Mindlin, Damping, Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Applied Mathematics,
Vol.9 No.6,
June
19,
2018
ABSTRACT: Plates vibrate when load moves on them. In this paper, the dynamic response
of Mindlin plate analytical model was converted to its numerical form using
finite difference algorithm. The numerical model was analysed to ascertain the
critical parameters contributing to the deflection of Mindlin plate under a
moving load. The examination was more reasonable as in the likelihood of the
plate laying on a Pasternak foundation was put into thought. Likewise the
impact of damping was not dismissed. The plate considered in this paper was
an inclined Mindlin plate, where the impacts of shear deformation and rotatory
inertia were considered. The numerical equations were solved with the
help of a developed computer program and Matlab. The results were consistent
with what we have in the literature. The effects of the Pasternak foundation,
damping, angle of inclination, and the moving load to the dynamic response
of the elastic plate were exceptionally self-evident.