Biaxial Buckling of Thin Laminated Composite Plates

The objective of this book is to present a complete and up to date treatment of uniform cross section rectangular laminated plates on buckling. Finite element (FE) method is used for solving governing equations of thin laminated composite plates and their solution using classical laminated plate theory (CLPT). Plates are common structural elements of most engineering structures, including aerospace, automotive, and civil engineering structures, and their study from theoretical and experimental analyses points of view is fundamental to the understanding of the behavior of such structures.The motivation that led to the writing of the present study has come from many years of studying classical laminated plate theory (CLPT) and its analysis by the finite element (FE) method, and also from the fact that there does not exist a publication that contains a detailed coverage of classical laminated plate theory and finite element method in one volume. The present study fulfills the need for a complete treatment of classical laminated theory of plates and its solution by a numerical solution.The present study is suitable as a textbook for an advanced course on theories of laminated plates.