ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the equilibrium considerations have been made to demonstrate the conditions under which the interlaminar shear and normal stresses must be nonzero over some portion of any plane z = z*. It has been shown that the existence of these interlaminar stresses can often be determined using lamination theory. There are some cases where interlaminar stresses are nonzero but self-equilibrating, in which case lamination theory cannot prove existence. Interlaminar shear forces and bending moments under uniform strain and curvature loadings have been derived. These will help the readers in calculating the interlaminar stresses for any laminate.
