Variable kinematic modelling of laminated composite plates

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2283-2317

  Robbins Jr , D H ^a   Reddy, J N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Free edge effects; Global local analyses; Hierarchical displacement fields; Layerwise theory; Mesh superposition

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; EXPANSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FREE EDGE EFFECTS; GLOBAL LOCAL ANALYSES; HIERARCHICAL DISPLACEMENT FIELDS; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; LAYERWISE THEORY; MESH SUPERPOSITION; PLATE EXPANSION; VARIABLE KINEMATIC FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0030193963     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960715)39:13<2283::AID-NME956>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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