Failure of orthotropic plates containing a circular opening

Composite Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-57

  Whitworth, H A ^a   Mahase, H ^a  

^a Architecture and Computer Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

LEKHNITSKII ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY THEORY; ORTHOTROPIC PLATES; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY FUNCTION;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

ANALYSIS; ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; FIBER-MATRIX ADHESION; LOADING; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 0032832738     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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