Further results concerning the refined theory of anisotropic laminated composite plates

A simple refined discrete-layer theory of anisotropic laminated composite plates is substantiated. The theory is based on the assumption of a piecewise linear variation of the in-plane displacement components and of the constancy of the transverse displacement throughout the thickness of the laminate. This plate model incorporates transverse shear deformation, dynamic and thermal effects as well as the geometrical non-linearities and fulfills the continuity conditions for the displacement components and transverse shear stresses at the interfaces between laminae. As it is shown in the paper, the refinement implying the fulfillment of continuity conditions is not accompanied by an increase of the number of independent unknown functions, as implied in the standard first order transverse shear deformation theory. It is also shown that the within the framework of the linearized static counterpart of the theory, several theorems analogous to the ones in the 3-D elasticity theory could be established. These concern the energetic theorems, Betti's reciprocity theorem, the uniqueness theorem for the solutions of boundary-value problems of elastic composite plates, etc. Finally, comparative remarks on the present and standard first order transverse shear deformation theories are made and pertinent conclusions about its usefulness and further developments are outlined.

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