Static shear correction factor for laminated rectangular beams

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 285-293

  Madabhusi Raman, Prabhu ^a   Davalos, Julio F ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite beam; Composite plate; Constitutive relations; Energy equivalence; Parametric study; Timoshenko beam; Transverse shear

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; KINEMATICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS;

ARBITRARY LAY UP CONFIGURATION; ELASTIC MODULI RATIO; ENERGY EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; FIBER ANGLE ORIENTATION; FIRST ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORIES; LAMINATED RECTANGULAR BEAM; SHEAR STIFFNESS; STATIC SHEAR CORRECTION FACTOR; TIMOSHENKO BEAM; TRANSVERSE SHEAR STRESS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0029710121     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-8368(95)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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