A new heterosis plate element for geometrically non-linear finite element analysis of laminated plates

Computers and Structures

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 819-828

  Gunay E ^a   Erdem, A U ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FIRST ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY (FSDT); HETEROSIS ELEMENT; KIRCHOFF CONSTRAINTS; NAVIER'S SERIES; REISSNER-MINDLIN THEORY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031373322     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(97)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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