Thermoelastic bending response of a laminated plate resting on elastic foundations

The thermoelastic bending response is presented for a simply-supported composite laminated plate subjected to a thermal eld. The sinusoidal plate theory as well as classical and other shear deformation theories is used. The laminated plate may be composed of one material or a combination of two materials. The layers may be symmetric cross-ply or anti- or non-symmetric angle-ply lay-up. The numerical illustrations concerned with the thermal bending response of the presented rectangular plate are studied. The eects due to many parameters, such as shear deformation, aspect ratio, side-to-thickness ratio, thermal loading and elastic foundations, are all investigated.