Christian LichtThibaut WellerLaboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil, Université de MontpellierSouth Carolina Commission on Higher EducationMahidol University2019-08-232019-08-232018-06-01Comptes Rendus - Mecanique. Vol.346, No.6 (2018), 432-438163107212-s2.0-85046359862https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/45807© 2018 Académie des sciences A mathematical study via variational convergence of a periodic distribution of classical linearly elastic thin plates softly abutted together shows that it is not necessary to use a different continuum model nor to make constitutive symmetry hypothesis as starting points to deduce the Reissner–Mindlin plate model.Mahidol UniversityEngineeringMaterials ScienceArticleSCOPUS10.1016/j.crme.2018.04.014