Analysis of plates with curved boundaries using isoparametric strip distributed transfer functions

A semi-analytical analysis of ßexible plates with curved boundaries is presented. Through a co-ordinate transformation, the original spatial domain of the plate is mapped onto a rectangular region, where the isoparametric strip distributed transfer functions of the plate are introduced. The transfer function formulation yields closed-form predictions of the displacement, stresses and eigensolutions of the plate. The accuracy and e¦ciency of the proposed approach is demonstrated in numerical examples. Copyright