Vibration analysis for anti-symmetric laminated composite plates resting on visco-elastic foundation with temperature effects.

• Comprehensive vibrational analysis of anti-symmetric laminated composite plates. • Vibrational analysis includes an elastic foundation and thermal effects. • HSDT is applied to estimate the effects of the higher-order transverse shear. • Effects of damping, elastic, aspect and slenderness ratios are discussed in detail. • Different anti-symmetric laminates and boundary conditions are considered. In this work, a comprehensive vibrational behavior analysis is performed on anti-symmetric laminated composite plates resting on visco-elastic foundations undergoing thermal effects. Here, the governing equations of motion are developed through Hamilton's principle and Reddy's plate theory as higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT) is employed to capture high accuracy. Also, the generalized differential quadrature method (GDQM) is used to predict the vibration response and the natural frequencies. The effects of temperature change, Winkler-Pasternak and damping coefficients for the elastic foundation, the elastic ratio, the arrangement of different anti-symmetric laminates, and the aspect and slenderness ratios are observed and discussed in detail. The results are extracted for fully clamped boundary conditions and the effects of other boundary conditions are also illustrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]