Finite Element Analysis of Buckling, Free Vibration and Flexure of Clamped Laminated Composite Plates in Variable Thermal Environment

Abstract

This paper represents the buckling analysis, free vibration, and flexure of clamped laminated composite plates (CLCP) in the variable thermal environment through finite elements (FE) method. The midplane kinematics of CLCP has been simulated applying commercial accessible FE tool (ABAQUS) in the outline of the FSDT (first-order shear deformation theory). Firstly, validation of the current problem is accomplished by equating the current buckling temperature and natural frequenc values with the existing benchmark results. Then, the effect of variable thermal environment on the buckling temperature, natural frequencies, and flexural analysis of CLCP are compared by solving suitable numerical problems and their results are represented graphically and in the form of tables.