A {3,2}-order bending theory for laminated composite and sandwich beams

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 565-576

  Cook, Geoffrey M ^a   Tessler, Alexander ^b  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELASTICITY; KINEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

HIGHER-ORDER BENDING THEORY; THIRD-ORDER AXIAL EFFECTS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032307347     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(98)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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