Sensitivity of the response of moderately thick cross-ply doubly-curved panels to lamination and boundary constraint. I. Theory (Q1210612)

fitherto unavailable analytical solutions to the boundary value problem of moderately thick general cross-ply laminated doubly-curved panels of rectangular planform, subjected to various boundary conditions, are presented. The five highly coupled second-order linear partial differential equations, that characterize the deformation of such laminates are solved using a recently developed double Fourier series based approach, together with the SS1-, SS2- and SS4-types of simply- supported and C4-type of clamped boundary conditions prescribed at all four edges.