Differential quadrature large amplitude free vibration analysis of laminated skew plates based on FSDT

Nonlinear free vibration analysis of thin -to-m ode ratel y thick laminated composite skew plates is presented based on the first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) using differential quadrature method (DQM). The geometrical nonlinearity is modeled using Green's strain and von Karman assumptions in conjunction with the FSDT of plates. After transforming and discretizing the governing equations, which includes the effects of rotary inertia, direct iteration technique as well as harmonic balance method is used to solve the resulting discretized system of equations. The effects of skew angle, thickness-to-length ratio, aspect ratio and also the impact due to different types of boundary conditions on the convergence and accuracy of the method are studied. The resulted solutions are compared to those from other numerical methods to show the accuracy of the method. Numerical solutions for nonlinear frequency laminated skew plates under different geometrical parameters and mixed boundary conditions are presented. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.