BAFL-1--A PROGRAM FOR THE SOLUTION OF THIN ELASTIC PLATE EQUATIONS ON THE PHILCO-2000 COMPUTER

A description is presented of BAFL-1, a Philco 2000 computer program for calculating small deflections of thin rectangular plates. The problems are approximated by a uniform mesh of up to 1600 points. Boundary conditions allow each of the four sides to be either clamped, simply supported, symmetric (floating clamp), or free. The plate loading may be a combination of a uniform load and pointwise loads. (auth)