Thermomechanical Response of Laminated Flat Panels Featuring Interlaminar Bonding Imperfections

Abstract

In this study the problem of the implications played by the sliding interlaminar imperfections on the static and dynamic non-linear behavior of laminated composite flat panels subjected to thermomechanical loadings is addressed. Towards the end of approaching this problem, a recently developed geometrically non-linear theory of anisotropic composite flat panels featuring interlaminar bonding imperfections is used. A number of results related with the influence of interfacial bonding imperfections on the thermomechanical postbuckling and frequency-load-temperature interaction are supplied and pertinent conclusions are outlined.