THERMAL BENDING OF THIN, ANISOTROPIC, CLAMPED ELLIPTIC PLATES

The present note deals with the exact analytical solution of thermal b ending of clamped, anisotropic, elliptic plates in the case where the thermal field is given by an expression of the type T(x,y,z) = z(Ax(2) + Cxy + By(2)). The problem is of basic interest in some ocean and me chanical structural systems since anisotropic materials are commonly u sed in those fields. Obviously the case of an orthotropic material con stitutes a particular situation of the problem under study. (C) 1998 E lsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.