The paper deals with the transverse bending of simply supported, circular, cylindrical plates consisting of cross-ply laminates with arbitrary sequences of 0° and 90° plies. The analysis is carried out within the framework of laminated-plate theory and shallow-shell theory, where the effect of transverse shear deformation is considered. The non-dimensional deflection parameters are computed for panels consisting of antisymmetric graphite-epoxy plies. The influence of the coupling between bending and extension, the plate curvature and the aspect ratio are studied and discussed.
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