Bending and Stretching of Laminated Aeolotropic Plates

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Abstract
A linear theory is established for a general multi-layer aeolotropic plate subject to in-plane forces and transverse loading. It is shown that a coupling phenomenon occurs, between in-plane forces and transverse bending, in the differential equations as well as in the boundary conditions. Some special types of heterogeneity are indicated for which the coupling of stretching and bending disappears. The general results of the paper are illustrated by means of explicit solutions for some plate problems.