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Thermal deformations of inhomogeneous elastic plates

1995

We consider thermal deformations of transversally inhomogenous elastic plates. Thin plate equations are derived as limits of full three-dimensional models both in the linear was well as in the non-linear case with appropriate convergence proofs. In the non-linear case also the corresponding von Karman equations are formulated. Its is obtained that the inhomogeneity leads to the loss of some symmetry properties at the von Karman equations