Nonlinear statics and dynamics of antisymmetric composite laminated square plates supported on nonlinear elastic subgrade

Non-linear static and dynamic analysis is presented for composite laminated anti-symmetric square plates supported on non-linear elastic foundation subjected to uniformly distributed transverse and step loading, respectively. The formulation is based on first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) and Von-Karman non-linearity, subgrade interaction is modeled as shear deformable with cubic nonlinearity. The methodology of solution is based on the Chebyshev series technique. The coupled non-linear partial differential equations are linearized using quadratic extrapolation technique. Houbolt time marching scheme is employed for temporal discretisation. An incremental iterative approach is employed for the solution. The effects of foundation stiffness parameters and boundary conditions on the non-linear static and dynamic analysis on the central response are studied.