Abstract
<jats:p>A study was conducted on the bending of a semi-infinite orthotropic composite plate, hinged along its long sides and reinforced along its free side with an elastic rib, under the action of a uniformly distributed in the longitudinal direction normal load in the presence of a stationary temperature field of a given type. Assuming that the bending caused by the temperature field is opposite to the bending caused by a uniformly distributed normal load, it was found that uniform load can, with a certain degree of accuracy, compensated the temperature-induced bending only on part of the plate. It was shown that to completely neutralize the influence of temperature on plate bending, it is necessary to apply bending moments of appropriate magnitudes to the hinged sides and to the rib.</jats:p>