Analytical bending solutions of clamped rectangular thin plates resting on elastic foundations by the symplectic superposition method

In this paper, the analytical bending solutions of clamped rectangular thin plates resting on elastic foundations are obtained by a rational symplectic superposition method which is based on the Hamiltonian system. The proposed method is capable of solving the plate problems with different boundary conditions via a step-by-step derivation without any trial solutions. The presented solution procedure can be extended to more boundary value problems in engineering.