PIEZOTHERMOELASTIC SOLUTION FOR ANGLE-PLY LAMINATED CYLINDRICAL PANEL

A three dimensional solution is presented for simply supported, angle- ply laminated hybrid cylindrical panel under cylindrical bending. The differential equations with variable coefficients are solved by the mo dified Frobenius method. Numerical results are presented for sinusoida l loads to illustrate the effect of the thickness parameter and the la mination angle. The two dimensional classical lamination theory and fi rst order shear deformation theory are assessed by comparison with the three dimensional solution.