Optimal locations of point supports in laminated rectangular plates for maximum fundamental frequency

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 691-703

  Wang, C M ^a   Xiang, Y ^b   Kitipomchai, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laminated plates; Optimization; Point supports; Rayleigh Ritz method; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINATES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

POINT SUPPORTS; RAYLEIGH-RITZ METHOD;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031276337     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.1997.5.6.691     Document Type: Article

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