A refined couple stress model for size-dependent thermo-mechanical analysis of laminated composite microplates

Manu Dev Sharma, Yadwinder Singh Joshan, Neeraj Grover, Lakshay Taneja, Kishore Khanna, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Published online on June 25, 2026

Abstract

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The present work develops a novel size-dependent analytical framework for analyzing the thermo-mechanical behavior of laminated microplates by combining a refined couple stress model with an inverse-hyperbolic plate theory. The formulation captures ...