6: Bending Response of Plates and Optimum Design Last updated Save as PDF Page ID21510 Contributed by Tomasz WierzbickiProfessor (Mechanical Engineering) at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySourced from MIT OpenCourseWare 6.1: Beam Deflection Equation6.2: Deflections of Circular Plates6.3: Equivalence of Square and Circular Plates6.4: Design Concept for Plates6.5: Sandwich Plates6.6: Stiffened Plates6.7: Plates versus Grillages6.8: The Concept of Equivalent Thickness6.9: Shear Lag