摘要: The shear deformation characteristics of a simply supported and uniformly loaded regular hexagonal plate is investigated herein, including cases when the made from auxetic materials. Specifically, correction factor for such obtained by matching its maximum deflections between Mindlin Reddy theories after convenient Kirchhoff theory model has been proposed. Results show that suppressed if material auxetic; example, extent conserved even thickness doubled, provided Poisson's ratio reduces 0.5 to −1. When benchmarked against other shapes, comparable with those square equilateral triangular plates. Therefore, design principles incorporate in thick plates can be extended plates, this validity applies both conventional