The present paper examines the large deflections of a clamped circulate thin plate for pressure sensor applications and establishes a simple solution using the singular perturbation technique. The perturbation solution for the slope of the lateral deflection is in a closed form in terms of the load-induced radial stress resultant. The nonlinearity has a strong stiffened effect. The nondimensional load-induced stress resultants are functions of the nondimensional initial stress resultant, lateral load, and Poisson’s ratio.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
stress analysis, Poisson ratio, Young's modulus, perturbation theory, elastic deformation, elasticity, pressure sensors
Topics:
Deflection, Plates (structures), Poisson ratio, Pressure sensors, Stress
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