Steel Plate Deflection Advise Plz

[Aero_fs]

Hi All,
I want to find the deflection in steel plate, 1.2 mm thickk and 600mm(breadth) by 1000mm Length clamped on all edges. What formula would be useful? Thanks

[Cake of Doom]

How is the load being applied?

[Aero_fs]

Thanks its is distributed load

[Kelly_Bramble]

Also, see:

Flat Plate Deflections Calculator

[Kelly_Bramble]

See the attachments.

Flat_Plate_Deflection-Chapter13.pdf
naca-report-737.pdf
large-deflection-plates.pdf
rectangular-plate.pdf

[mattsoultz]

I am working on a water tower job and I am in need of some assistance. I would like to verify if the landing plate is strong enough. It is a 1/4 inch thick plate spanning 36". When I do the math I come up with .81 deflection. I do not think this is correct. Please help. Please dont tell me to use the calculators Id like to do it long hand.

[Cake of Doom]

If you post a screenshot/photo of your hand calcs it'll be a lot easier to spot where numbers aren't being crunched.

[jboggs]

Could you not answer your own question by at least just comparing your result to that of the online calculator?

[Kelly_Bramble]

I am working on a water tower job and I am in need of some assistance. I would like to verify if the landing plate is strong enough. It is a 1/4 inch thick plate spanning 36". When I do the math I come up with .81 deflection. I do not think this is correct. Please help. Please dont tell me to use the calculators Id like to do it long hand.

You want us to speculate on what your calculations are? Post your calculations...

[dependablesmail]

Hi, where is the online calculator?

[Kelly_Bramble]

Hi, where is the online calculator?

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