Buckling of thin skew Fibre-reinforced composite laminates

摘要

This paper presents a B-spline Rayleigh-Ritz method (RRM) based on classical plate theory (CPT) for buckling analysis of thin skew fibre-rein- forced composite laminates, which are important structural elements in modern engineering structures, particularly in the aerospace industry. The laminates considered may have arbitrary lay-ups, admitting the possibility of coupling between in-plane and out-of-plane behaviour and general anisotropy. Various numerical applications are conducted and comparisons are made wherever possible.