Abstract
This study deals with the nonlinear axisymmetric static analysis of elastic orthotropic thin circular plates with elastically restrained edges for rotation as well as in-plane displacement. Von-Karman equations have been employed and spatial discretisation has been done by using the method of orthogonal point collocation. Numerical results have been presented for orthotropic plates with hinged edge, simply supported edge, movable clamped edge and immovable clamped edge. Results are given for the whole range of elastic edge restraints from the movable simply supported edge to the immovable clamped edge. The effect of a prescribed inplane force or an inplane displacement at the edge, on the static response under a uniformly distributed transverse load has been investigated. Several new results are presented. The present results are in good agreement with the available results.
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