Static, free vibration and thermal analysis of composite plates and shells using a flat triangular shell element

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 343-357

  Kapania, R K ^a   Mohan, P ^a  

^a Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; THERMOANALYSIS;

DISCRETE KIRCHOFF THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT STATIC; FLAT TRIANGULAR SHELL ELEMENT; FREE VIBRATION; LINEAR STRAIN TRIANGULAR ELEMENT;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0030105815     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00368557     Document Type: Article

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