Roark's Formulas for Excel Tutorial - Part 5 of 5
Continue with the annular plate from problem 4 (See the April 20 post). To optimize the design, you would like to specify that the maximum deflection in the center be at most 10% of the plate thickness. You can use the Excel Solver to solve this problem.
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Roark's Formulas for Excel Tutorial: Problem 4 of 5
Let's switch from beams to plates. The next problem involves a flat annular plate with uniform annular line load, fixed on the outside and free in the center.
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Roark's Formulas for Excel Tutorial - Part 3 of 5
Suppose you decide to stick with the aluminum beam but you’re concerned about the deflection. You’d like to limit the deflection to .1 inch by resizing the beam cross section. For example, if you increase the dimension of side b, the deflection should decrease. The problem is how much do you change side b?
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