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The current work presents a hygrothermal analysis of laminated composite rhombic hyperbolic paraboloids. The cubic variation in displacement field together with cross curvature effects of the shell were used to solve the hygrothermal problem. Because of the parabolic variation of the transverse shear deformation, the shear correction factor was not necessary in this paper. In the mathematical model, the zero conditions of the transverse shear stress at the bottom and top of the shell were applied. The nine-noded curved isoparametric element with seven unknowns in each node was used to implement the present realistic mathematical model. The implementation of the finite element C0 (FE) of the present mathematical model was coded and performed in FORTRAN. The skew hyperbolic paraboloid on which the hygrothermal analysis was conducted had various temperatures, ply orientation, curvatures, moisture concentration, boundary conditions and thickness ratio. The paper shows that with the increase of the skew angle, the non-dimensional deflection decreases, and with the increase of moisture concentration, hygrothermal load and curvature ratio, the deflection increases. The results of the model presented in the paper were compared with other results published in the literature and were found to be consistent with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the presented paper, a study of bi-axial buckling of the laminated composite plate with mass variation through the cutout and additional mass is carried out using the improved shear deformation theory (ISDT). The ISDT mathematical model employs a cubic variation of thickness co-ordinates in the displacement field. A realistic parabolic distribution of transverse shear strains through the plate thickness is assumed and the use of shear correction factor is avoided. A C° finite element formulation of the mathematical model is developed to analyze the buckling behavior of laminated composite plate with cutout and additional mass. As no results based on ISDT for the considered problem of bi-axial buckling of the laminated composite plate with mass variation are available in the literature, the obtained results are validated with the data available for a laminated composite plate without cutout and additional mass. Novel results are obtained by varying geometry, boundary conditions and ply orientations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the presented paper, a study of bi-axial buckling of the laminated composite plate with mass variation through the cutout and additional mass is carried out using the improved shear deformation theory (ISDT). The ISDT mathematical model employs a cubic variation of thickness co-ordinates in the displacement field. A realistic parabolic distribution of transverse shear strains through the plate thickness is assumed and the use of shear correction factor is avoided. A C° finite element formulation of the mathematical model is developed to analyze the buckling behavior of laminated composite plate with cutout and additional mass. As no results based on ISDT for the considered problem of bi-axial buckling of the laminated composite plate with mass variation are available in the literature, the obtained results are validated with the data available for a laminated composite plate without cutout and additional mass. Novel results are obtained by varying geometry, boundary conditions and ply orientations.