Exact buckling solutions for composite laminates: Proper free edge conditions under in-plane loadings

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 117, Issue , 1996, Pages 115-128

  Xiang, Y ^a   Liew, K M ^b   Kitipornchai, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DESIGN; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTICITY; LAMINATES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; EXACT BUCKLING SOLUTIONS; IN-PLANE LOADING; PROPER FREE EDGE CONDITIONS;

BUCKLING;

EID: 0029747874     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01181041     Document Type: Article

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