Plates and tanks on elastic foundations—an application of finite element method

Abstract In this paper, the problems of slabs and tanks (either isotropic or orthotropic) resting either on a semi-infinite elastic continuum or on individual springs (of the so-called Winkler's type) are solved by the finite element method. Re-entrant corners, rigid walls on the slabs, concentrated moments due to bending of columns, etc., involve little computational difficulty in the method presented.