Equilateral Triangle Flat Plate Stress and Deflection Equation and Calculator

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Equilateral Triangle Flat Plate Stress and Deflection Equation and Calculator

Strength of Materials
Beam Stress Deflection

Equilateral triangle; all edges simply supported with uniform loading over entire plate Stress and Deflection Equation and Calculator.

Per. Roarks Formulas for Stress and Strain for flat plates with straight boundaries and constant thickness

Preview: Parallelogram plate uniform loading over entire plate Stress and Deflection Calculator

Equilateral Triangle Plate
Uniform Loading
Over Entire Plate
Parallelogram Plate

Stress at x = 0, z = -0.062a

Stress at x = 0, z = 0.129a

Deflection at x = 0, z = 0
Stress at x = 0, z = 0

Where:

q = Applied load (force) (lbs/in²)
v = Poisson’s ratio (assumed to be 0.3)
E = Modulus of Elasticity (lb/in²)
a = Width of plate (in)
σ = stress, (lbs/in²)
y = Deflection (in)

Reference:

Roarks Formulas for Stress and Strain, 7th Edition