“…Tawfik et al (2000, 2002) used a nonlinear finite element method to investigate the thermal deflection and linear flutter responses of shape memory alloy hybrid laminated composite (SMAHC) plates under aerodynamic and thermal loading, and the results show that the SMA has a great effect on the critical buckling temperature, flutter boundary, and vibration frequencies of SMAHC panel. Guo et al (2004, 2007), Duan et al (2005), Kuo et al (2009, 2012), and Shiau et al (2011) discovered that the critical buckling temperature can be raised greatly, and the post-buckling deflection can be completely suppressed, while the desired flat and stable region in the parameter space composed of the temperature and the dynamic pressure can be greatly enlarged by proper selection of the volume fraction, pre-strain, and alloy composition of SMA in SMAHC plates. Park et al (2004, 2005) and Mirzaeifar et al (2009, 2014) also used a nonlinear finite element method to investigate the vibration behavior of a thermally buckled composite plate embedded with SMA fibers, and similar results were obtained.…”