Hi, I am looking for any information on a Z-directional stress distribution of a rectangular plate clamped one (X-Y) plane, applied stress on the clamped surface (X-Y). The problem seems to be a kind of "End effects" or "Saint-Venant's principle" according to Timoshenko. Please let me know any info. if you know about the peroblem. Best regards, mori ============================================ Kiyotaka Mori (Graduate Research Assistant) Dept.of Materials and Nuclear Engineering, BLDG.090, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD 20742 Tel: 301-405-5229 Fax: 301-314-9467 E-mail: mori@eng.umd.edu ============================================