A mixed-enhanced finite-element for the analysis of laminated composite plates

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1481-1504

  Auricchio, Ferdinando ^b   Sacco, Elio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Composite laminates; Finite elements; Mixed enhanced formulation; Shear correction factors; Shear stress recovery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MIXED-ENHANCED FORMULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033116612     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990410)44:10<1481::AID-NME554>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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