On the formulas for effective stiffnesses in a paper by Zheng Ye, Victor L. Berdichevsky and Wenbin Yu

TL;DR

This paper simplifies the formulas for effective stiffnesses of corrugated plates presented by Ye, Berdichevsky, and Yu, making them more accessible without detailing the original derivation methods.

Contribution

It provides a simplified form of the existing formulas for effective stiffnesses of corrugated plates, enhancing their usability.

Findings

Formulas can be expressed in a simpler form

Simplification aids in practical applications

Original approach details are not elaborated

Abstract

A paper by Ye, Berdichevsky and Yu features a set of formulas for effective stiffnesses of corrugated plates. Without elaborating on said authors' actual approach leading to such formulas, we shall focus on the fact that they can be brought to a simpler form.