text: abstract
  this paper is devoted to the buckling analysis of thin composite plates under straight single-walled
  carbon nanotubes reinforcement with uniform distribution and random orientations. in order to
  develop the fundamental equations, the b3-spline finite strip method along with the classical plate
  theory (cpt) is employed and the total potential energy is minimized which leads to an eigenvalue
  problem. for deriving the effective modulus of thin composite plates reinforced with carbon
  nanotubes, the mori-tanaka method is used in which each straight carbon nanotube is modeled as a
  fiber with transversely isotropic elastic properties. the numerical results including the critical
  buckling loads for rectangular thin composite plates reinforced by carbon nanotubes with various
  boundary conditions and different volume fractions of nanotubes are provided and the positive effect
  of using carbon nanotubes reinforcement in buckling of thin plates is illustrated.
  keywords: mechanical buckling; thin composite plates; single-walled carbon nanotubes, b3-spline
  finite strip method