Solvability of initial-boundary value problems for bending of thermoelastic plates with mixed boundary conditions

Initial-boundary value problems for bending of a thermoelastic plate with transverse shear deformation are studied under the assumption that various parts of the boundary are subjected to different types of physical conditions. The unique solvability of these problems is established in spaces of distributions by means of a combination of the Laplace transform and variational methods.  2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved