The large deflections of rectangular plates and beams obeying a non-linear stress-strain law are examined. Solutions are obtained by use of dynamic relaxation, a numerical finite-difference technique. Comparisons are made with alternative solutions and experimental results. The effects of varying parameters in the non-linear expressions are considered.
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