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The bending characteristics of a composite panel with asymmetric layered structure under local surface loads are obtained. A refined version of the applied theory is developed using the analytical solution of the bending problem of a sandwich plate with arbitrary asymmetric structure under a point load. Local effects are investigated within the limits of a discrete model allowing for the specific character of elastic properties of a soft filler. The advantages of the solution are expressions of bending characteristics — layer curvatures, displacements, and stresses — in a closed form. It is shown that these characteristics can vary several times depending on the asymmetry parameters of the structure. Degeneration peculiarities of the solution, stemming from the slipping of layers or, otherwise, their rigid linking by the Kirchoff—Love hypothesis, as well as from account of the transverse shear and compression of the normal, are examined in line with the degeneration of geometric and physical parameters of the discrete model adopted. The results obtained are illustrated by curves and surfaces for the characteristics studied.
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Submitted for the 11th International Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials (Riga, June 11–15, 2000).
Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Latvian University, Riga, LV-1006 Latvia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 717–742, November–December, 1999.
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Polyakov, V.A., Shlitsa, R.P., Khitrov, V.V. et al. Bending features of a sandwich panel with asymmetric structure under local loads. Mech Compos Mater 35, 471–486 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02259469
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02259469