Thermoelastic analysis of cross-ply laminated circular cylindrical shells

Thermal deformations and stresses in cross-ply laminated circular cylindrical shells are investigated. The state space approach is used to solve exactly the thermoelastic governing equations of the third-order, first-order and classical theories for arbitrary boundary conditions. To illustrate the thermoelastic behavior, exact analytical solutions for deflections and stresses are obtained for laminated circular cylindrical shells undergoing uniform and linearly varying temperature fields through the thickness while having sinusoidal distribution of thermal loading. Copyright 0 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd