Multi-layer higher-order finite elements for the analysis of free-edge stresses in composite laminates

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 851-873

  Gaudenzi, Paolo ^a   Mannini, Alessandro ^a   Carbonaro, Rolando ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite laminate; Edge effects; Finite elements; Higher order theory

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE TESTING;

EDGE EFFECTS; FREE EDGE STRESSES; MULTILAYER HIGHER ORDER LAMINATE THEORY; STACKING SEQUENCES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032024271     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980315)41:5<851::AID-NME312>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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