Abstract
The stability behaviour of unsymmetrical laminated structures made of fibre-reinforced plastics is significantly influenced by bending–extension coupling and the comparatively low transverse shear stiffnesses. The aim of this work is to improve the analytical stability analysis of unsymmetrically laminated structures. With the discrete plate theory, the stability of laminated structures can be reduced to single laminated plates. The structure is divided into individual segments, and the surrounding structure is modelled by rotational elastic restraints. The governing equations for single plates under specific boundary conditions can be solved exactly with Lévy-type solutions. In this study, Lévy-type solutions for the mentioned boundary conditions under biaxial compressive load is described for the classical laminated plate theory, the first-order shear deformation theory and the third-order shear deformation theory (TSDT). In addition to transverse shear, bending–extension couplings of unsymmetrical cross-ply and antisymmetrical angle-ply laminates are considered. For the implementation of boundary conditions for the rotational restraints in the context of TSDT, a new set of conditions is formulated. The investigation shows very good agreement of the buckling load with comparative finite element analyses for different layups.
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