Static and vibration analysis of anisotropic composite laminates by finite strip method

Abstract The finite strip method has been employed for the analysis of shear-deformable composite laminates since 1976. A number of works have shown the high accuracy, efficiency and convenience of this method. In the present study, a new shear-deformable finite strip is developed to analyse the static and vibration behaviour of composite laminates. By selecting the proper displacement functions, the new strip includes all the effects of material anisotropy and suits arbitrary inplane boundary conditions at the ends. Thus, the present method is applicable not only to cross-ply laminates and symmetrical angle-ply laminates, but also to arbitrary angle-ply laminates, e.g. antisymmetrical angle-ply laminates and (0/45/–45/90 degree) laminates.