Nonlinear Dynamics Suppression of Bending Deflection in a Composite Laminated Plate Using a Beam Stiffener Due to Critical Buckling Load and Shear Force

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This manuscript should be interesting research applications that can be a useful tool for certian engineering applications prectical point of viex. However, it is too long and very difficult to follow your interpretations and your aim etc;.

AT least, is it possible to simplify the section 3 that you have titled as "Analytic Solution of Bending Deflection". You hav put 334-35 equations and so difficult to follow this part. May be you can put certain partsas an appendix or other solution.

Author Response

I put part of section no. (3) in Appendix (A).

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Reviewer 2 Report

The paper is interesting and concerns the problem of the nonlinear dynamics behaviour of the bending deflection of stiffened composite laminated plate by using beam stiffeners. The manuscript constitutes a very detailed research study, prepared on 39 pages. The analyses are performed analytically, numerically and experimentally. The reviewer appreciates article highlights and nomenclature delivered by the Author. The method of the manuscript organization, described on page 3, is also a positive point. The reviewer would like to suggest some editorial corrections, e.g.:

- compression of the text, if possible, for example by removing the instruction from page 17 as it seems does not correspond with the aim of the research article, etc.;

- resizing of some figures for better use of the page format, to avoid empty areas for example on pages 25 and 32, etc.;

- changing of the method of quoting the references (without comma before square bracket) and of citing figures, tables and equations (without round brackets);

- improving of the equations’ location (sometimes they are shifted horizontally) and their numbering (sometimes No. is missing);

- avoiding of figures or main points descriptions shifting on the next page.

Author Response

(1) I improved the Introduction section by deleting the unnecessary sentences.

(2) I remove section no. (7) ANSYS Description Steps from page (17).

(3) I changed the size of some figures by deleting the empty spaces.

(4) I removed the comma from the square brackets of the references and also I removed the round brackets from figures, tables, and equations. 

(5) I improved the equation locations by shifting its number extremely to the right hand side.

(6) I put the figures' captions together in the same page.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx