Analysis of thermoelastic stresses in layered plates

whis paper deals with thermoelastic effects in deformation of plates with arbitrarily changing elastic parameters and temperature through thickness. Using the semi-inverse method, a simple analytical solution is obtained for the thermoelastic problem of a nonhomogeneous plate with an arbitrary contour. Plates with free, sliding and fixed edges are considered. The results are applied to the layered plate. As an example of application, thermoelastic stresses and deformations are determined for a copperplate with a steel coating. The edge effects for this plate are examined by the finite element method.