Theories for laminated and sandwich plates

• DOI: 10.1007/bf02256043
• Publication Date: 2005-11-22T15:23:56Z
• Authors: H. Altenbach
• Keywords: 0203 mechanical engineering; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

The growing use of sandwich and laminated plates requires a theoretically based prediction of the mechanical behavior of structural elements of such type. Starting with the pioneering studies of Reissner, a great number of theories for the engineering calculations have been developed. The review deals with the classification of the theories and discusses some of them in detail.