Transient responses of geometrically nonlinear laminated composite shell structures

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-134

  To, C W S ^b   Wang, B ^a,b  

^a Quality Safety Systems Company   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Geometrically nonlinear; Laminated composite shells; Transient response

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; ROTATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRAIN;

TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032284521     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(98)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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