“…On this basis, displacements expressed in terms of ∑ ∞ m=1,2,3,••• κ1 m sin(α m x) and ∑ ∞ m=1,2,3,••• κ2 m sin(α m x) are applied to the y = 0 and y = b sides of the plate in subproblem (1), respectively; displacements expressed in terms of ∑ ∞ n=1,2,3,••• κ3 n sin(β n y) and ∑ ∞ n=1,2,3,••• κ4 n sin(β n y) are applied to the x = 0 and x = a sides of the plate in subproblem (2), where α m = mπ/a, β n = nπ/b, κ1 m , κ2 m , κ3 n and κ4 n are the parameters to be determined (m = 1, 2, 3, . .…”