Effect of thickness on the large elastic deformation behavior of laminated shells

Composite Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 117-128

  Chaudhuri, Reaz A ^a   Hsia, Raymond L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRAIN; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

ELASTIC DEFORMATION; LAMINATED SHELL; LINEAR DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION THROUGH THICKNESS; NON-EUCLEDIAN GEOMETRY;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033016671     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00115-9     Document Type: Article

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