Large deflections of heterogeneous anisotropic rectangular plates

An approximate solution is presented for large deflections of clamped, uniformly loaded, unsymmetrically laminated, anisotropic, rectangular plates. Expressing the load and displacements in the form of series, the von Karman-type nonlinear differential equations and immovable boundary conditions are reduced to a series of linear partial differential equations and boundary conditions. The solution obtained by successive approximations can reduce to some existing solutions for large deflections of homogeneous plates. Numerical results based on the first three terms of the truncated series are graphically presented for unsymmetrical cross-ply and angle-ply plates having various values of fiber-reinforced material, number of layers, and aspect ratio. The results in small deflections of coupled laminates are compared with available data.