Free vibration analysis of symmetric cross-ply laminated composite beams with the help of the transfer matrix approach

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 651-660

  Yildirim, Vebìl ^a   Sancaktar, Erol ^b   Kiral, Erhan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite beams; Cross ply; Fibre reinforced; Free vibration; Orthotropic; Transfer matrix

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CROSS PLY LAMINATED COMPOSITES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0032664692     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0887(199909)15:9<651::aid-cnm279>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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