Abstract :
Hither-to-fore an unavailable analytical solution (strong form or differential form)
to the boundary-value problem of advanced fiber reinforced anti-symmetric angle-ply laminated
cylindrical panels of rectangular planform subjected to static loadings is presented. A variationally
consistent higher shell theory is utilized that generates five highly coupled fourth order partial
differential equations in five unknowns, three displacements, and two rotations. A boundary continuous
double Fourier series-based solution functions is assumed to solve such equations in
conjunction with the admissible boundary conditions. The numerical results constitute the study of
convergence of displacements, in-plane forces, and moments ; and spatial variations of them presented
in the form of contour plotting for various parametric effects. These, hither-to unavailable
solutions, and analytically obtained numerical results should serve as bench-marks for future
comparisons of popular approximate methods (integral form or weak form), such as finite element,
boundary element, finite difference, Galerkin approach, Rayleigh-Ritz, collocation, least-squares
methods, and experimental results, etc. © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
