Finite element analysis of laminated shells with exact through-thickness integration

Computers and Structures

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-184

  Prema Kumar, W P ^a   Palaninathan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; INVERSE JACOBIAN METHOD;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0031121340     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0045-7949(96)00297-0     Document Type: Article

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