Theory of Plates Detailed Syllabus for Structural Engineering M.Tech first year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.<\/p>\n
The detailed syllabus for Theory of Plates M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year second sem is as follows.<\/p>\n
M.Tech. I Year II Sem.<\/p>\n
Course Objectives:<\/strong> To impart knowledge on the behavior of plates and to analyse the problems pertaining to beams on elastic foundation.<\/p>\n Course Outcomes:<\/strong> The learner will be able to understand the behavior of plates for loadings and boundary conditions.<\/p>\n UNIT – I : Cylindrical Bending:<\/strong> Different kind of plates \u2013 Assumptions \u2013 Derivation of differential equation for cylindrical bending of long rectangular plates – Analysis of uniformly loaded rectangular plates with edges simply supported and fixed subjected to uniform load. Pure Bending of Plates: Slope and curvature of slightly bent plates \u2013 Relations between moments and curvature – Particular cases of pure bending – Strain energy in pure bending \u2013Energy methods like Ritz and Galerkin Methods to rectangular plates subjected to simple loadings.<\/p>\n UNIT – II : Small Deflection Theory of Thin Rectangular Plates :<\/strong> Assumptions \u2013 Derivation of governing differential equation for thin plates \u2013 Boundary conditions \u2013 simply supported plate unde sinusoidal load \u2013 Navier\u2019s solution \u2013 Application to different cases \u2013 Levy\u2019s solution for various boundary conditions subjected to different loadings like uniform and hydrostatic pressure.<\/p>\n UNIT – III : Circular Plates :<\/strong> Symmetrical loading \u2013 Relations between slope, deflection, moments and curvature \u2013 Governing differential equation \u2013 Uniformly loaded plates with clamped and simply supported edges \u2013 Central hole \u2013 bending by moments and shearing forces uniformly distributed. Orthotropic Plates: Introduction \u2013 Bending of anisotropic plates – Derivation of governing differential equation \u2013 Determination of Rigidities in various cases like R.C. slabs, corrugated sheet \u2013 Application to the theory of grid works.<\/p>\n UNIT – IV : Plates on Elastic Foundations:<\/strong> Governing differential equation \u2013 deflection of uniformly loaded simply supported rectangular plate \u2013 Navier and Levy type solutions \u2013 Large plate loaded at equidistant points by concentrated forces P.<\/p>\n UNIT – V : Buckling of Plates:<\/strong> Governing equation for Bending of plate under the combined action of in-plane loading and lateral loads \u2013 Buckling of rectangular plates by compressive forces acting in one and two directions in the middle plane of plate Finite Difference Methods: Introduction – Application to rectangular plates subjected to simple loading.<\/p>\n TEXT BOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n REFERENCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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