OPTIMUM DESIGN OF LAMINATED PLATES UNDER SHEAR

This paper is concerned with the optimum design of plates with ortho tropic layers under shear. The plates considered are the laminates of N orthotropic layers whose principal material axes coincide with the plate axes. Each layer is assumed to have the same thickness and an equal number of fibers in the direction of +αiand —αiwith respect to the plate axis. The fiber directions which give the highest shear buckling stress are found by utilizing a mathematical optimization technique. © 1979, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.