Analytical Behavior Prediction for Skewed Thick Plates on Elastic Foundation

Table 1

Deflection at the center of clamped skewed thick plates under uniform loading. The numbers in parentheses show the difference between these results and the analytical solution developed in this research.

Skew angle		𝐾=3	𝐾=5	𝐾=7
90°	Present study	1.39462	0.92291	0.42018
	ANSYS	1.39304 (0.11%)	0.92125 (0.18%)	0.41751 (0.64%)
	Mindlin et al. [7]	1.393 (0.12%)	0.921 (0.20%)	N/A
60°	Present study	0.90921	0.67795	0.36392
	ANSYS	0.90472 (0.49%)	0.67779 (0.02%)	0.36196 (0.54%)
30°	Present study	0.17597	0.16528	0.13701
	ANSYS	0.17541 (0.32%)	0.16417 (0.67%)	0.13537 (0.12%)