The great difference in elastic properties between fiber and matrix materials leads to a higher ratio of in-plane Young's modulus to transverse shear modulus for laminated composite shells. Thus, to obtain more accrate solutions to laminated composite...
The great difference in elastic properties between fiber and matrix materials leads to a higher ratio of in-plane Young's modulus to transverse shear modulus for laminated composite shells. Thus, to obtain more accrate solutions to laminated composite shell probllems the effects of shear strain must be considered in the analysis of them. The present study deals with the third-order shear deformation theory for simply-supported cross-ply laminated composite shells by the double-Fourier series solutions.