Assumed strain quadrilateral C0 laminated plate element based on third-order shear deformation theory

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 623-637

  Shi, G ^a   Lam, K Y ^a   Tay, T E ^a   Reddy, J N ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

THIRD ORDER PLATE THEORY;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032598797     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.1999.8.6.623     Document Type: Article

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