Static Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates Using n-Order Shear Deformation Theory and a Meshless Global Collocation Method

In this article, an n-order shear deformation theory is used to analyze the static characteristic of laminated composite plates. The third-order theory of Reddy can be considered as a special case of present n-order theory (n = 3). Governing equations and boundary conditions expressed in terms of strong form based on the present n-order theory are discretized by a meshless global collocation method. Maximum deflection and stress of the simply-supported laminated plate under sinusoidal load are compared with available published results, which demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of present n-order theory.