FINITE DEFLECTIONS OF LOOSELY CLAMPED SYMMETRICALLY LAMINATED RECTANGULAR PLATES SUBJECTED TO TEMPERATURE FIELDS

This article is concerned with the geometrically nonlinear analysis for the response of symmetrically laminated composite material rectangular plates subjected to transverse loads and temperature fields. The general nonlinear thermoelastic governing equations, based on von Kármán large deflection theory, are formulated for plates subjected to temperature fields of special class where the temperature field may be assumed to be completely …