Figure 7.

Variation of the nondimensional maximum deflection, $\overline{w}\left(\overline{x}=0.5\right)$, as a function of the length-to-thickness ratio, L/h, for different values of (a) the coupling modulus, μ_c, (${\mu }_m=0.8\mu$ & ${\ell }_2=0.8L$) and (b) the length scale, ${\ell }_2$, (${\mu }_c={\mu }_m=0.8\mu$). Results of Timoshenko beam theory (TM) and Euler-Bernoulli beam theory (EB) are also depicted. Note that the dotted curves represent the evolution of the depicted parameter, as it changes between the solid curves.