A refined analysis of laminated plates by finite element displacement methods—II. Vibration and stability

Abstract A refined anisotropic laminated plate bending analysis is presented in a companion paper to the present work ( Computers and Structures 26 , 907–914, 1987). In the present paper, a refined transverse vibration and buckling analysis based on the same local model is presented. The numerical examples presented are compared with analytical solutions and classical plate theory and it is demonstrated that the present model predicts a realistic laminate global response.