Experimental, numerical and analytical results for bending and buckling of rectangular orthotropic plates

Composite Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-299

  Roberts, J C ^a   Bao, G ^b   White, G J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bending; Buckling; Composites; FEA

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HAT-STIFFENERS; SANDWICH PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ANALYSIS; BENDING; BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 0032448261     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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