Research Article

Forced Response of Polar Orthotropic Tapered Circular Plates Resting on Elastic Foundation

Table 2

Comparison of displacements for simply supported circular plate of linearly varying thickness for = 0.25.

Taper parameter Reference [26]Present

−0.57080.18170.1815
−0.00.065680.0656
−0.333330.11430.1127