Hybrid strain based geometrically nonlinear laminated composite triangular shell finite elements

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-124

  To, C W S ^a   Wang, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Flat triangular shell elements; Geometrically nonlinear; Hybrid strain; Laminated composite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002570820     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(99)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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