Static and vibration analysis of anisotropic composite laminates by finite strip method (Q1317137)

A new shear-deformable finite strip is developed to analyse the static and vibration behaviour of composite laminates. By selecting the proper displacement functions, the new strip includes all the effects of material anisotropy and suits arbitrary inplane boundary conditions at the ends. Thus, the present method is applicable not only to cross-ply laminates and symmetrical angle-ply laminates, but also to arbitrary angle-ply laminates, e.g. antisymmetrical angle-ply laminates and (0/45/- -45/90 degree) laminates.