# Static and Dynamic Response of FG-CNT-Reinforced Rhombic Laminates
## 1 Introduction  
Recently, composite plates reinforced by carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained significant attention in civil, aeronautical, mechanical, and marine engineering due to their high strength/weight ratio and low density. The CNTs discovered by [PERSON] [1] are made up of the molecular-scale tube-like structure of carbon allotropes having fine materialistic properties. The CNTs are generally used in composites to improve their elastomechanical and thermal properties by dispersing in the matrix [2, 3]. Various plate theories have been developed by the researchers to analyze the plates. The classical plate theory (CPT) model is based on the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis that straight lines remain straight and perpendicular to the midplane after deformation. The transverse shear stress components are neglected in the CPT, where it is included in the shear deformation theory by [PERSON] [4]. In [PERSON]'s shear deformation theory, a shear correction factor is required for strain equations. [PERSON] et al. [5] discussed the effect of single-walled CNTs on the bending and vibration analysis of a CNT-reinforcedcomposite (CNTRC) plate using first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT). They used the rule of the mixture to calculate the final material properties of CNTRC plate. The free vibration analysis of uniaxially aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)-reinforced composite was conducted by [PERSON] et al. [6] by incorporating FSDT along with element-free kp-Ritz method. The static analysis of CNTRC cylinders using the mesh-free method was studied by [PERSON] et al. [7]. [PERSON] et al. [8] developed a three-dimensional solution for free vibration analysis of SWCNTs-reinforced composite cylindrical panel. The differential quadrature method and FSDT-based governing equation were used by [PERSON] and [PERSON] [9] to examine the free vibration behavior of FG-CNT-reinforced laminated plate. The free vibration analysis of FG-CNTRC plate was presented by [PERSON] and [PERSON] [10] using the differential quadrature method. [PERSON] and [PERSON] [11] used the Ritz method for the three-dimensional vibration analysis of CNTRC plate. They have calculated the effective material properties of the reinforced composite using the modified rule of mixture. [PERSON] et al. [12] used HSDT to study the static and free vibrations of FG-CNTRC plates and sandwich plates. The effect of uniform thermal environment on FG-CNTRC plate was studied by [PERSON] et al. [13] while the effect of non-uniform thermal load on FG-CNTRC beam was analyzed by [PERSON] and [PERSON] [14] using the finite element method. [PERSON] et al. [15] incorporated FSDT along with the element-free Ritz method to analyze a CNTRC plate with elastically restrained edges. [PERSON] et al. [16] discussed the vibration and bending behavior of antisymmetric laminated functionally graded CNT-reinforced plate using FSDT containing four variables. [PERSON] et al. [17] used FSDT for the static and free vibration analysis of FG-CNTRC skew plate using a four-noded shell element. [PERSON] and [PERSON] [18] used FSDT and [PERSON] et al. [19] considered HSDT for the vibration analysis of functionally graded CNTRC cylindrical panels and the ultimate properties of the composite were calculated by the refined rule of mixture. [PERSON] and [PERSON] [20] studied the influence of UD-CNT and FG-CNT on the vibration of different type of shell structures reinforced by CNTs. The advanced fabrication and properties of aligned carbon nanotube composites were explained by [PERSON] et al. [21]. Both [PERSON] et al. [22] and [PERSON] and [PERSON] [23] used a [PERSON]'s higher order shear deformable model for the vibration analysis of FG-CNTRC plate using the mesh-free method. [PERSON] et al. [24] explored the nonlinear optical vibration behavior of SWCNTs. [PERSON] et al. [25] studied the free vibration analysis of an arbitrarily shaped FG-CNT-reinforced plate using NURBS curves.