Buckling mode transition in hat-stiffened composite panels loaded in uniaxial compression

Composite Structures

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-267

  Falzon, Brian G ^a   Steven, Grant P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

BUCKLING MODE TRANSITION; DISPLACEMENT; HAT STIFFENED COMPOSITE PANELS; MARGUERRE TYPE RAYLEIGH-RITZ ENERGY METHOD; PANEL SKIN BAY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITES, CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; LOADING;

EID: 0031079137     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(97)80017-7     Document Type: Article

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