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Kirchhoff plate elements studied in the previous chapter are restricted to thin plate situations only (thickness/average side ≤ 0.10). Also the C 1 continuity requirement for Kirchhoff elements poses severe difficulties for deriving a conforming deflection field. These problems can be overcome by using the plate formulation due to Reissner [Re] and Mindlin [Mi] presented in this chapter.
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Oñate, E. (2013). Thick/Thin Plates. Reissner-Mindlin Theory. In: Structural Analysis with the Finite Element Method Linear Statics. Lecture Notes on Numerical Methods in Engineering and Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8743-1_6
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