Some serendipity finite elements for the analysis of laminated plates

Computers and Structures

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-51

  Sadek, Edward A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Composite plates; Displacement models; Finite elements

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

LOAD DISTRIBUTION;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032187410     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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