Thermal effects on laminated composite shells containing interfacial imperfections

The effect of thermal loads on imperfectly bonded laminated composite shells is studied. The interfacial imperfections necessitate that conditions requiring the continuity of surface tractions and displacements between adjoining faces be suitably modified, and interfacial damage properly accounted for. Both mechanical and thermal interfacial imperfections are characterized by interfacial parameters in the non-linear equations of motions. Results are presented for two static linear problems.