摘要

In this paper, a nth-order shear deformation theory is proposed to analyze the free vibration of laminated composite plates The present nth-order shear deformation theory satisfies the zero transverse shear stress boundary conditions on the top and bottom surface of the plate Reddy s third-order theory can be considered as a special case of present nth-order theory (n = 3) Natural frequencies of the laminated composite plates with various boundary conditions side-to-thickness ratios material properties are computed by present nth-order theory and a meshless radial point collocation method based on the thin plate sp