Abstract: The postbuckling parameters of clamped and simply supported tapered thick annular plates with free hole are presented for several values of annular ratio, thickness-to-radius ratio, orthotropic ...

Abstract: It is the contention of the authors that the “zeroth-order” shear deformation theory presented by Ray 1 is mathematically equivalent to Reddy’s third order theory 2. The notation of Ref. 1 ...

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the geometrically nonlinear axisymmetric static and transient analysis of moderately thick cylindrically orthotropic circular plates subjected to uniformly distributed and discrete central ...

Abstract: Three-dimensional solution in terms of potential functions is presented for a transversely isotropic piezoelectric clamped circular plate subjected to axisymmetric ther-moelectromechanical load. The ...