Advances in Civil Engineering

Research Article

Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Plates Stiffened by Parallel Beams with Deformable Connection

Figure 15

Contour lines of deflection of the stiffened plate of Example 3, employing the present study (a, c) and a FEM [25] solution using solid elements (b, d) at the time of maximum transverse deflection.
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(a)  mm at  msec of AEM linear analysis
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(b)  mm at  msec of FEM linear analysis
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(c)  mm at  msec of AEM nonlinear analysis
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(d)  mm at  msec of FEM nonlinear analysis