An improved simple higher-order theory for laminated composite shells

Computers and Structures

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-350

  Shu, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN;

DONNELL SIMPLIFICATION; ELASTICITY SOLUTIONS; HIGHER ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; INPLANE DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION; LAMINATED COMPOSITE SHELLS; LOVE FIRST ORDER GEOMETRIC APPROXIMATION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0030567798     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(95)00406-8     Document Type: Article

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