Scattering of waves by flaws in anisotropic laminated plates

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 431-437

  Liu, G R ^a   Lam, K Y ^a   Shang, H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Composite material; Finite element method; Non destructive evaluation; Numerical analysis; Stress wave

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFECTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

DISPLACEMENT VECTORS; RECTANGULAR FLAWS; STRESS WAVES; STRIP ELEMENT METHOD; TRACTION VECTORS; WAVE SCATTERING;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0029770312     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-8368(96)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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