Abstract:

A mesh-free method is presented to analyze the static center deflection, in-plane

stresses and natural frequencies of thin and thick laminated composite plates using
Zeroth order shear deformation theory. In the present method, the problem domain is
represented by a set of properly scattered nodes and no element conformability is
required. Moving least-squares method is applied to construct the shape functions.
Variational principle is used to derive the discrete system equations based on the
Zeroth order shear deformation theory (ZSDT). Essential boundary conditions are
efficiently implemented by a penalty technique for the static and dynamic analysis.
Several examples are solved to demonstrate the accuracy and validity of the
proposed method using a symmetric and antisymmetric laminate of multi layers. In
this work, a mesh-free model has been develop for the static analysis of Smart
composite plate integrated with a layer of PFRC(Piezoelectric Fiber Reinforced
Composite) material acting as a distributed actuator. The present solutions are
verified with those available values by analytical as well as finite element method.
The results from classical plate theory and first order shear deformation theory are
also compared with those of ZSDT.