page_title: Bending of plates
section_title: Bending of Kirchhoff-Love plates
hierarchical_section_title: Bending of plates / Bending of Kirchhoff-Love plates
caption_attribution_description: English: Forces and moments on a plate.
context_page_description: Bending of plates, or plate bending, refers to the deflection of a plate perpendicular to the plane of the plate under the action of external forces and moments. The amount of deflection can be determined by solving the differential equations of an appropriate plate theory. The stresses in the plate can be calculated from these deflections. Once the stresses are known, failure theories can be used to determine whether a plate will fail under a given load.
caption: Forces and moments on a flat plate.
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