A ply drop-off element for analysis of tapered laminated composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 123-144

  Varughese, Byji ^a   Mukherjee, Abhijit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

DROP OFF ELEMENT; TAPERED LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031220460     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(97)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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