LARGE DEFLECTION ANALYSIS OF PLATES UNDER THERMAL LOADING BY USING PERTURBATION DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE METHOD

Large deflection analysis of plates under thermal loading is presented in this paper by using a new effective technique--perturbation differential quadrature method. By introducing the nondimensional temperature and lateral load as the perturbating parameters, a series of linear governing differential equations have been established and then are solved by means of differential quadrature method.