A new finite element for buckling analysis of laminated stiffened plates

Composite Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-331

  Satish Kumar, Y V ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Madhujit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Buckling; Finite element; Plate; Stiffened plate; Stiffener; Transverse shear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000687110     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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