Discrete-structural theories based on the approximation of displacements and stresses over the thickness in each layer are frequently applied to calculating laminated composite plates and shells. A detailed review of the studies on this problem is given in [1]. Among the theories based on purely kinematic hypotheses, it is reasonable to mention the study [2] in which a piecewise-linear distribution over the thickness of the packet of layers (hypothesis of the broken line) was assumed for the tangential displacements, whereas the normal displacements were constant across the thickness. The hypothesis of the broken line for all components of the displacement vector was used in [3][4][5]. In [5], each physical layer was divided into mathematical sublayers. In [6], the Legendre polynomials were applied for describing the tangential and normal displacements over the thickness of a laminated shell. The discrete-structural theories lead to systems of resolving equations of relatively high order which depend on the number of layers or terms in the series used for approximating the displacements in the layer. These theories allow us to investigate the stress-strain state of thick laminated plates and shells with high accuracy. We should note that the theories [2-6] are used in the problems of statics and dynamics, but not in the dynamic thermoelastic problems.The present study describes a discrete-structural (quasi-three-dimensional) theory for solving the linear uncoupled dynamic problem of thermoelasticity, which make it possible to determine, with high accuracy, the fields of temperature, displacements, and stresses in laminated composite plates.Let us consider in the Cartesian coordinates x i (i = 1, 2, 3) a plate of constant thickness h and with an arbitrary number of orthotropic layers. The location of contacting surfaces of the layers is determined by the z-coordinates ak. l and a k (a k > ak. l) counted off from an arbitrarily chosen coordinate surface x 3 = z = 0 (surface of reduction) to the lower and upper bounds of the layer k (k = 1 ..... n). Between the layers, the conditions of "ideal" thermal and mechanical contact are satisfied. The partial derivatives of the coordinates are denoted by commas in the subscripts, and the time derivatives by dots above the functions. The superscripts are given in brackets as distinct from the exponents. In addition, we assume that i, j = 1, 2.Ukrainian Transport University, Kiev, Ukraine.