Analytical Solution for Free Vibration of Rectangular Kirchhoff Plate from Wave Approach

In this paper, an analytical approach for free vibration analysis of four edges simply supported rectangular Kirchhoff plates is presented. The method is based on wave approach. From wave standpoint vibration propagate, reflect and transmit in a structure. Firstly, the propagation and reflection matrices for plate with simply supported boundary condition are derived. Then, these matrices are combined to provide a concise and systematic approach to free vibration analysis of a simply supported rectangular Kirchhoff plate. Subsequently, the eigenvalue problem for free vibration of plates is formulated and the equation of plate natural frequencies is constructed. Finally, the effectiveness of the approach is shown by comparison of the results with existing classical solution.

Authors:

• Mansour Nikkhah-Bahrami
• Masih Loghmani
• Mostafa Pooyanfar

Keywords:

• Kirchhoff plate
• propagation matrix
• reflection matrix
• vibration analysis.

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