On the stress analysis of cross-ply laminated plates and shallow shell panels

Composite Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-344

  Soldatos, Kostas P ^a   Shu, Xiaoping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beams; Laminates; Plates; Shells; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000401781     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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