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This document discusses different models for the elastic foundation of a plate, including the Winkler model and a model using Boussinesq's solution for a semi-infinite elastic space. The Winkler model assumes the foundation's response is directly proportional to pressure, which is a crude approximation. Boussinesq's solution provides a better model, using an influence function to determine the deflection of the semi-infinite space from distributed loads. This influence function represents the deflection caused by a unit force applied at different points on the surface.

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Shells 85

This document discusses different models for the elastic foundation of a plate, including the Winkler model and a model using Boussinesq's solution for a semi-infinite elastic space. The Winkler model assumes the foundation's response is directly proportional to pressure, which is a crude approximation. Boussinesq's solution provides a better model, using an influence function to determine the deflection of the semi-infinite space from distributed loads. This influence function represents the deflection caused by a unit force applied at different points on the surface.

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Chapter 3

Am

gm ; b b 1 cosh m cos m 2 2 gm b b cosh m cos m 2 2 

b b Dm Am tanh m tanh m 2 2 e

where 1 2 3 b b tanh m tanh m ; 4 5 2 2 f

b b b b 2 m cosh m sin m ; 3 m sinh m cos m ; 2 2 2 2 b b b b 4 m sinh m cos m ; 5 m cosh m sin m : 2 2 2 2

Substituting the above into expression (3.79), we can obtain the deection equation for the plate under consideration. The Winkler model introduced above is the simplest model of an elastic foundation. It was based on the assumption that the subgrade of a foundation at some point of its surface is proportional to the pressure between the plate and the subgrade at the same point. This is correct in the case of a oating plate, but in the case of a coherent subgrade such a hypothesis approximates crudely the actual behavior of the subgrade. A better approximation can be obtained using the model of a semiinnite elastic space, as shown in Fig. 3.18; the deection of a semi-innite space surface due to the distributed loads can be determined with the use of Boussinesqs solution [13]. So, the deection at a point xi ; yi of the semi-innite space surface caused by an elementary distributed load qdxdy applied at point x; y using the Boussinesq solution can be represented in the following form: dwi K x xi ; y yi qdxdy; where K is an inuence function (or Greens function). It represents a deection at point xi ; yi of a semi-innite space caused by a unit force P 1 applied at point x; y. This function K . . . can be derived from Boussinesqs solution. Then, an

Fig. 3.18

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