On the buckling analysis of isotropic, transversely isotropic, and laminated rectangular plates via Reddy plate theory: An exact closed-form procedure
Journal article, 2012

Based on Reddy's third-order shear deformation theory, an exact closed-form solution is proposed to describe linear buckling of transversely isotropic laminated rectangular plates under either mono- or bi-axial compressive in-plane loads. To this end, the coupled governing equations are exactly converted to two sets of uncoupled equations for in-plane and transverse deformations of symmetric laminated plates. The new uncoupled equations are analytically solved by applying both Navier and Lévy-type solution methods. The validity and high accuracy of the current exact solution are evaluated by comparing the present results with their counterparts reported in literature.

laminated plates

Reddy's third-order shear deformation theory

exact solution

critical buckling load

Author

S. Hosseini-Hashemi

Rasoul Atashipour

M. Fadaee

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

0954-4062 (ISSN) 2041-2983 (eISSN)

Vol. 226 5 1210-1224

Subject Categories

Applied Mechanics

Other Civil Engineering

Building Technologies

Composite Science and Engineering

DOI

10.1177/0954406211422661

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10/10/2017