Static analysis of thick rectangular laminated plates: Three-dimensional elasticity solutions via differential quadrature element method (Q1588115)

The differential quadrature method approximates the partial derivative of a function at a given point as a weighted linear sum of function values at all discrete points. The determination of weighting coefficients requires the solution of \(N\) sets of \(N\) algebraic equations where \(N\) is the number of discrete points involved. This method is applied here to each layer of a rectangular laminated plate; continuity conditions guarantee the connectivity of the layers. Solutions are provided for [0,90,0] layered plates with various boundary conditions and slenderness ratios.