A new procedure for the nonlinear analysis of Reissner plate by boundary element method. (English) Zbl 0872.73069
Summary: Based on a variational principle, we present a new approach to derive the exact boundary equation for the analysis of nonlinear Reissner plates and a related existing criterion for the solution of the boundary integral equation. In this procedure, the boundary and the domain of the plate are discretized to solve the nonlinear problems. All unknown variables are at the boundary. Numerical results are also presented to illustrate the method and to demonstrate its effectiveness and accuracy.