Buckling analysis of sandwich plate using layer wise theory

Buckling analysis of sandwich plate was investigated using layer wise method. The formulation was based on the first-order shear deformation theory, and the Rayleigh-Ritz method was used for approximating and determining the displacement field. The results obtained from layer wise theory was compared with finite element results and showed good agreement. This study demonstrated that layer wise theory could describe buckling behavior of sandwich plates with high accuracy and represents a more realistic and acceptable description of behavior of the plates with much less computational cost.