Mathematical modeling of bending of a thin orthotropic plate clamped along the contour

Within the framework of Kirchhoff's theory, a new approach to constructing a solution to the problem of modeling the bending of a thin rectangular orthotropic plate clamped along the contour, which is under the influence of a load normally distributed over its surface, is proposed. the solution to the inhomogeneous biharmonic equation for an orthotropic plate is obtained in the form of a partial sum of a double series in Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind. To find the coefficients in this expansion, the boundary value problem is reduced by the collocation method to a system of linear algebraic equations in matrix form using the properties of these polynomials. Based on matrix and differential transformations, expressions for bending moments and shearing forces are obtained. the results of calculations of the bending of the middle surface of the plate under different loads on the plate are presented, which demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.