Plate Elements Including Shear Deformations

A more accurate approximation of the deformation behavior of plates, comparing to Kirchhoff’s plate theory, also takes into account the shear deformations acting in direction of thickness of the plate. Therefor kinematics is extended to the description of the deformation behavior of moderately thick plates via deformations of the mid place of the plate, too. The extension of the plate theory has been published by Reissner [86] and Mindlin [72] first.