Further studies on Stroh-type formalisms for anisotropic plates with bending-extension coupling

ABSTRACTStroh-type formalisms for anisotropic thin plates in literature are reviewed and discussed, and two kinds of hybrid Stroh-type formalisms are compared. It is seen that the two Stroh-type formalisms are essentially equivalent. With simple transfer relations, they can be expressed each other. In addition, with properly defined notation systems, the two Stroh-type formalisms can also be written in unified forms, which will be convenient in applications.