Postbuckling response and failure of symmetric laminates under in-plane shear

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1949-1960

  Singh, S B ^a   Kumar, Ashwini ^b  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Buckling; Failure criterion; Finite element analysis; Laminates; Strength

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

GEOMETRIC NONLINEARITY; SHEAR LOAD;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; STRENGTH;

EID: 0032467419     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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