Abstract: The conditions necessary for the application of fracture mechanics to anisotropic materials were examined and verified experimentally on orthotropic plates. It was observed that crack extension, ...

Abstract: The high-order theory of plate deformation developed in Part 1 of this work is extended here to model the behavior of laminated plates. Through comparison with elasticity solutions, it is shown ...

Abstract: A theory of plate deformation is derived which accounts for the effects of transverse shear deformation, transverse normal strain, and a nonlinear distribution of the in-plane displacements with ...