Fourier analysis of clamped moderately thick arbitrarily laminated plates

An effort is made to derive a boundary-continuous-displacement solution, using the Kabir and Chaudhuri (1992) generalized Navier-Stokes approach to the problem of static response of an arbitrarily laminated plate. This involves five highly coupled second-order-linear partial differential equations in conjunction with rigidly clamped boundary conditions at all four edges. Numerical results are presented for the convergence characteristics of the deflection and moment, the effects of thickness, and the variations of displacements and moments along the length of the laminated plate. (O.C.)