Local behavior of discretely stiffened composite plates and cylindrical shells

Composite Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-26

  Kassegne, S K ^a   Reddy, J N ^b  

^a RAM International   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

COMPOSITE PLATES; CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; LAYERWISE SHELL THEORY; SHELL THICKNESS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED;

EID: 0031820333     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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