Effect of interfacial imperfection on buckling and bending behavior of composite laminates

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2590-2595

  Cheng, Zhen Qiang ^a,c,d   Kennedy, D ^b,c,d   Williams, F W ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Modern Mechanics ^*

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

THIRD ORDER ZIGZAG THEORY; VON KARMAN-TYPE NONLINEAR THEORY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0030398125     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13443     Document Type: Article

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