Abstract
By using of the formulation of the authors' general higher-order theory of plates which satisfy exactly the boundary (loading) conditions of upper and lower surfaces of the plate, we solve the particular problems of a semi-infinite, isotropically elastic plate of uniform thickness with a sinusoidally varying in-plane (stretching) and out-of-plane (bending) edge loads. Two types of approximate three-dimensional corrections to the elementary two-dimensional plane stress solution are obtained as closed form solutions. Numerical results for these solutions of appropriate truncated terms are compared with the plane stress and plane strain solutions which depend on Poisson's ratio.
