Analysis of Thick Anisotropic Plate Through Exact Approach Using Third Order Shear Deformation Theory

Abstract

This work presents the analysis of thick anisotropic plate through
exact approach using Third Order Shear Deformation Theory. Total
potential energy was formed based on the refined plate theory
assumptions. Displacement field, kinematic relations, constitutive
relations and stress displacement relations were derived from the
deformed section of a thick rectangular anisotropic plate. Strain
energy was formed by substituting the kinematic relations and stressdisplacement relations into the universal strain energy equation.