“…This semi-inverse approach is extended for isotropic thick plates by Gevorkyan [124], Voyiadjis and Baluch [125], Baluch et al [126], Voyiadjis et al [127], Voyiadjis and Pecquet [128], Voyiadjis and Kattan [129,130], and generalised by Muhammad et al [131] for bending of thick plates. Jemielita [111] presented the direct and variational methods in forming theories of plates.…”