Effects of general laminations and boundary constraints on vibration of composite shallow shells

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2 PART B, 1996, Pages 155-171

  Liew, K M ^a   Lim, C W ^b   Kitipornchai, S ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary constraint; Laminated composite; Mode shapes; Ritz method; Shallow shells; Vibration frequency

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BOUNDARY CONSTRAINTS; EXTREMUM ENERGY PRINCIPLE; FIBER ANGLES; FIBER ORIENTATION; MODE SHAPES; RITZ METHOD; SHALLOW SHELLS; STACKING SEQUENCES; VIBRATION FREQUENCY;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0029733128     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-8368(95)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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