THE REFINED THEORY OF ELASTIC PLATES AS ASYMPTOTIC APPROACH OF 3D PROBLEM

The refined theory of elastic thin and thick plates is constructed by the asymptotic method for reducing three-dimensional (3D) equations of linear elasticity to two-dimensional ones without the use of any assumptions. The resulting refined theory is much more complicated than the known classical Kirchhoff theory: the required values of the refined theory vary in thickness of the plate by more complex laws; the system of partial differential equations of the refined theory has a higher order than the system of equations of the classical theory. A comparison of the obtained theory with the popular refined theory of Timoshenko and E. Reissner, taking into account the transverse shear deformation is made. It is shown that the inclusion only of the transverse shear deformation is insufficient. In addition to the transverse shear deformation, many additional terms having the same order as the transverse shear deformation must be taken into account