Development of a specialised finite element for the analysis of composite structures with ply drop-off

Composite Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Mukherjee, A ^a   Varughese, B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; LAMINATE; PLYING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

PLY DROP-OFF ELEMENT;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032590339     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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