J. N. Reddy

TL;DR: In this paper, the correlation between two apparently different higher-order theories of anisotropic plates is established, on a quantitative basis, and a strong mathematical tool allowing one to determine, in an exact and unified manner, the state of stress of orthotropic shear deformable rectangular plates exhibiting a variety of edge conditions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the third-order shear deformation theories of laminated composite shells are developed using the strain-displacement relations of Donnell and Sanders theories, which also account for geometric nonlinearity in the von Karman sense.

TL;DR: In this article, the Rayleigh-Ritz method is used to solve the postbuckling response of circular cylindrical shells by assuming a double Fourier expansion of the displacements with trigonometric coordinate functions.

TL;DR: A degenerate shell element with a degenerate curved beam element as a stiffener is developed for the geometric nonlinear analysis of laminated, anisotropic, stiffened shells as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of material properties, lamination scheme, and placement of magnetostrictive layers with respect to laminate midplane on vibration suppression are studied in detail.