Explicit through-thickness integration schemes for geometric nonlinear analysis of laminated composite shells

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-256

  Prema Kumar, W P ^a   Palaninathan, R ^b  

^a JNN College of Engineering   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Computational efficiency; Explicit integration; Layered shells; Nonlinear; Numerical accuracy

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; INTEGRATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EXPLICIT THROUGH-THICKNESS INTEGRATION SCHEMES;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

DENSITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; TESTING;

EID: 0032880810     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(99)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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