On the buckling and vibration of antisymmetric angle-ply laminated circular cylindrical shells

The buckling and free vibration problem of a thin composite antisymmetric angle-ply laminated circular cylindrical shell is studied. The Donnell-type equations of motion, in terms of the shell middle surface displacement components, are used and solved approximately by means of Galerkin's method. Numerical results are presented and the expectation that the bending-stretching coupling phenomenon rapidly dies out as the number of layers increases is confirmed.