164 Mathematical Theory of Vibrations of Elastic Plates
An alternative procedure, which leads to equations of the same form,
but with slightly different constants, is to set
T
m
=T
{0)
=T
(0)
=Q
(6.037)
in (6.025) and eliminate the strains
5'
1
(0)
, 5
3
(0)
,
S
5
(0)
. The only changes
in (6.034) are the replacement of the c
pq
by y
pq
and the replacement of
C44,
c
66
and c
46
by
'66 °44
_ 2 ' _ 2 ' _ 2
S
M
S
66
S
46 * 44*66 ^46 * 44*66 ^46
respectively.
(6.038)
6.04 Classical Theory of Low-Frequency Vibrations of Thin Plates
The equations of the classical theory of thin plates are obtained by
suppressing the thickness-shear strains in the equations of Section 6.02.
The result is a set of coupled flexural and extensional equations of
motion (Cauchy, 1829, p. 9). When the coupling coefficients are dropped,
the equations separate into a single flexural equation and a pair of
extensional equations (Cauchy, 1829, p. 13). In the isotropic case, the
extensional equations are those of Poisson (1829, p. 499) and the flexural
equation is that of Germain (1821) except for the term accounting for
rotatory inertia, which was given later (and then dropped) by Poisson
(1829,
p. 533).
To effect the reduction of the equations of the preceding section to
those of the classical theory, we begin by setting
Sf> =Q, ^
0)
=0 (6.041)
so that