摘要
The purpose of the present study was to explore and subsequently establish a technique for determination of analytical solutions for the differential equation for composite thin plates. The considered reasons for the solutions were to exactly satisfy the boundary conditions and to verify as close as possible the differential equation of the plate. There are studied two solutions for orthotropic plate with clamped edges, and made comparisons with the solutions presented by Reddy [1] and with the exact solution by Timoshenko and Woinowsky. The models are based on the CLPT （classical laminated plate theory）. The Ritz method, in conjunction with the weighted residue method for the coefficients calculation, is used to analytically determine the bending solutions of orthotropic laminated plates subjected to uniform pressure on the bottom laminate. The purposed solutions were critically analysed considering a FEM （finite element method） solution for comparison. Finally, it is presented the experimental device and the experimental test results, as well. Fabrics have been incorporated into two composite plates were required scalps on one direction, thus ensuring different elasticity modules on both directions. Thorough comparison between analytical solutions, numerical results and experimental data is performed and a good agreement is obtained.
