A Galerkin formulation for shear deformable plate bending dynamics

A Galerkin boundary element formulation for shear deformable plate bending dynamics is developed. The formulation makes use of the static fundamental solutions for the weighted residual integral equations. The domain integrals carrying the inertia terms and generic static loads are considered as body forces and approximated with boundary values using the dual reciprocity method. The load is modelled as a series of impact loads of time varying intensity and moving in space in a predetermined path. The formulation was implemented and tested solving a benchmark problem. The results are compared with finite element solutions. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.