The size-dependent thermal bending and buckling analyses of composite laminate microplate based on new modified couple stress theory and isogeometric analysis

The use of modified couple stress theory to simulate the size-dependent phenomenon of composite laminate microplate is commonly limited to simple boundary conditions and mechanical bending load. The small-scale effects on bending and buckling on composite laminate microplate under complex boundary conditions in thermal environment have not been understood fully in the literature. Hence, this research develops, for the first time, a model to...