Static Analysis of Laminated Circular Plate using Differential Quadrature Method

Abstract

The aim of this study is the static analysis of laminated circular plate using differential quadrature method. The governing equations for cylindrical coordinates have been developed using first order shear deformation theory and solved using differential quadrature method. The axisymmetric case is considered in the present study. Clamped and simply supported boundary conditions have been considered in the present study. The convergence study has been carried out. The results obtained are verified with the available results from literature for the isotropic plate. Parametric study ahs been done to analyze the behavior of laminate with different radius to thickness ratio and lamination schemes.