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Theories for laminated and sandwich plates

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The growing use of sandwich and laminated plates requires a theoretically based prediction of the mechanical behavior of structural elements of such type. Starting with the pioneering studies of Reissner, a great number of theories for the engineering calculations have been developed. The review deals with the classification of the theories and discusses some of them in detail.

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Martin Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Fachbereich Werkstoffwissenschaften, D-06099 Halle, Germany. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 333–348, 1998.

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Altenbach, H. Theories for laminated and sandwich plates. Mech Compos Mater 34, 243–252 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02256043

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