Author(s)

Madjid Haddad, Yves Gourinat, Miguel Charlotte

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We extend the Equivalence Theory (ET) formulated by Absi [1] for the statics of isotropic materials to the statics and dynamics of orthotropic materials. That theory relies on the assumption that any real body mod- eling may be substituted by another one that, even though it may possibly have material constitutive laws and geometric properties with no physical sense (like negative cross sections or Young modulus), is intended to be more advantageous for calculus. In our approach, the equivalence is expressed by equating both the effective strain energies of the two models and the material structural weights in dynamics [2]. We provide a numerical analysis of the convergence properties of ET approach while comparing its numerical results with those predicted by the analytical theory and the Finite Elements Method for thin plates.

Equivalence Theory, Thin Plates, Anisotropic Plates, Dynamics

M. Haddad, Y. Gourinat and M. Charlotte, "Equivalence Theory Applied to Anisotropic Thin Plates," Engineering, Vol. 3 No. 7, 2011, pp. 669-679. doi: 10.4236/eng.2011.37080.