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A second order solution is presented for sandwich beams consisting of an arbitrary number of midplane symmetrical layers subjected to any type of transverse and shear loading and bounded by any combinations of free, pinned, and clamped end conditions. The solution includes transverse shear deformation and is shown to be a very good approximation to exact elasticity solutions. The distributions of shear stresses, normal stresses, horizontal displacements, and transverse deflections have been computed for various beams and the pronounced deviations of these distributions from similar results using classical beam theory ar explained. (Author).

The purpose of this note is to draw attention to an intuitively unexpected and seemingly unknown aspect of the behavior of a cantilevered beam on an elastic foundation subjected to a follower at its free end. It is found that the critical load for flutter is independent of the foundation modulus which characterizes the Winkler-type elastic embedding. The frequency of vibration of the beam increases with increasing foundation modulus, but the magnitude of the critical load is not affected. This result is valid for any value of 'tangency coefficient'. (Author).