On finite deflections of anisotropic laminated elastic plates (Q1081355)

The purposes of this paper are to (1) deduce a generalization of Von Karman's analysis, incorporating the effects of transverse shear deformations and of laminations, with the planes of the laminations not necessarily parallel to the plane of the plate; (2) further pursue the possibility of deriving plate equations from three-dimensional elasticity through use of a variational equation for displacements and transverse stresses; (3) consider the possibility of utilizing finite-elasticity variational formulations, including independent translational and rotational displacement components for the derivation of approximate two- dimensional results from three-dimensional theory.