On the free vibration analysis of laminated composite and sandwich plates: A review of recent literature with some numerical results

• Published in: Composite structures Vol. 129; pp. 177 - 201
• Main Authors: Sayyad, Atteshamuddin S., Ghugal, Yuwaraj M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Free vibration; Laminated composite; Natural frequency; Normal strain/stress; Sandwich plate; Shear deformation theory; Natural frequency; Laminated composite; Shear deformation theory; Normal strain/stress; Sandwich plate; Free vibration

The present article reviews the recent research done on the free vibration analysis of multilayered laminated composite and sandwich plates using various methods available for the analysis of plates. Displacement fields of various displacement based shear deformation theories have been presented and...