Evaluation of buckling and first-ply failure probabilities of composite laminates

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1395-1410

  Lin, S C ^a   Kam, T Y ^b   Chu, K H ^b  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY;

FIRST-PLY FAILURE PROBABILITY;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032066662     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(97)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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