The free vibration of symmetrically angle-ply laminated fully clamped skew plates

In this paper, the analysis of the free vibration of thin laminated skew plates with fully clamped edges is investigated. The governing differential equation for skew plate is obtained by transforming the differential equation in Cartesian coordinates into skew coordinates. The natural frequencies of the plate are then calculated by using the finite strip transition matrix method. The numerical results are obtained for different values of skew angles, fiber orientation angles and for different composites laminates. Comparisons have been made with the available results in the literature which show the accuracy and efficiency of the method. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.