Postbuckling analysis of tailored composite plates with progressive damage

Composite Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-255

  Baranski, A T ^a   Biggers Jr , S B ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage progression; Finite element analysis; Postbuckling; Tailored plates

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

DAMAGE PROGRESSION; TAILORED COMPOSITE PLATES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

ANALYSIS; BUCKLING; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 0033454038     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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