RMA discover a typographical error in Timoshenko's Text

In a recent project looking at the development of plasticity from the elastic solution to plastic collapse Timoshenko's elastic solution for a rectangular plate loaded with a UDL and simply supported on two opposite sides was developed into a FORTRAN subroutine. In verifying the program the results were checked with point values presented in Timoshenko's text. One value presented in the text was 16% lower than it should be and it is likely that a typographical error has crept into the text. This finding has been reported to the publishers of Timoshenko's text and it is hoped that this might be corrected in future reprints of this revered and oft referenced text.

This article has been published in the January (2016) edition of the NAFEMS Benchmark Magazine.