A study on thermal postbuckling behaviour of laminated composite plates using a shear-flexible finite element

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-135

  Ganapathi, M ^a   Touratier, M ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; THERMAL STRESS;

REISSNER MINDLIN FIRST ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; THERMAL POSTBUCKLING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031335597     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(97)81955-5     Document Type: Article

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