Response of composite plates with random material properties using FEM and Monte Carlo simulation

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-237

  Navaneetha Raj, B ^a   Iyengar, N G R ^a   Yadav, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Composite; Deflection; Laminates; Material property; Random

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001193069     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855198X00165     Document Type: Article

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