Dynamical Analysis of Long Fiber-Reinforced Laminated Plates with Elastically Restrained Edges

Table 2

Notations for various combinations of boundary conditions, in which 𝑛 and 𝑠 indicate the directions normal and tangential to the respective plate edges.

	In-plane constraints
Transverse constraints	𝑢𝑛=0, 𝑢𝑠=0	𝑁𝑛=0, 𝑢𝑠=0	𝑢𝑛=0, 𝑁𝑛𝑠=0	𝑁𝑛=0, 𝑁𝑛𝑠=0
Clamped: 𝑤=0; 𝜙𝑛=0	𝐶1	𝐶2	𝐶3	𝐶4
Simply supported: 𝑤=0; 𝑀𝑛=0; 𝜙𝑠=0	𝑆1	𝑆2	𝑆3	𝑆4
Free: 𝑀𝑛=0; 𝑀𝑛𝑠=0; 𝑄𝑛=0	𝐹1	𝐹2	𝐹3	𝐹4