Laminated composite and sandwich structures are lightweight structures that can be found
in many diverse applications especially civil, mechanical and aerospace engineering. The …

The present article reviews the recent research done on the free vibration analysis of
multilayered laminated composite and sandwich plates using various methods available for …

This work presents a simplified higher order shear deformation theory (HSDT) for thermal
buckling analysis of cross-ply laminated composite plates. Unlike the existing HSDT, the …

Abstract By means of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) curves, it is possible to
describe arbitrary shapes with holes and discontinuities. These peculiar shapes can be …

A new trigonometric shear deformation theory for isotropic and composite laminated and
sandwich plates, is developed. The new displacement field depends on a parameter “m” …

A new shear deformation theory for sandwich and composite plates is developed. The
proposed displacement field, which is “m” parameter dependent, is assessed by performing …

In engineering, the amount of complex geometrical problems, which needs to be solved by
using plates and shells theories, is remarkable. This is the reason why there are so many …

A new higher order shear deformation theory for elastic composite/sandwich plates and
shells is developed. The new displacement field depends on a parameter “m”, whose value …

In this work, the bending and free vibration analysis of multilayered plates and shells is
presented by utilizing a new higher order shear deformation theory (HSDT). The proposed …

This paper presents a simple quasi-3D theory for the bending analysis of functionally graded
plates. This theory accounts for both shear deformation and thickness stretching effects by a …