Accuracy of composite shell elements in transient analysis involving multiple impacts

Computers and Structures

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-600

  Lahtinen, H ^a   Pramila, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MULTIPLE IMPACTS; SHELL ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030151558     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(95)00332-0     Document Type: Article

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