The document discusses classical lamination theory (CLT) for analyzing laminated composite materials. It defines the key assumptions of CLT, including each lamina being orthotropic and elastic. It also describes how the loads, forces and bending moments applied to a laminate can be related to the midplane strains and curvatures using the laminate stacking sequence, thickness of each lamina, and the material properties. The stresses and strains in each lamina are defined as functions of the midplane strains/curvatures using the laminate constitutive equations from CLT.