CONCENTRATED FORCES AND MOMENTS ON LAMINATES WITH BENDING EXTENSION COUPLING

Within the framework of linear-elastic classical laminated plate theory, the fundamental solutions of concentrated forces and moments on an infinitely extended unsymmetric laminate are developed and discussed. For that purpose a new complex potential approach is used, which takes into account an arbitrary bending extension coupling of the underlying laminate lay-up. The presented fundamental solutions describe all essential plate quantities in any vicinity of the point of load introduction, and reveal interesting features of the considered bending extension coupling.