Bending of clamped orthotropic rectangular plates: A variational symbolic solution

Computers and Structures

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-128

  Mbakogu, F C ^a   Pavlovic M N ^b  

^a Allied Tropical Consultants Ltd   (Nigeria)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BENDING (DEFORMATION); GALERKIN METHODS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

RECTANGULAR PLATES; SYMBOLIC COMPUTATIONS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0033699392     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(99)00217-5     Document Type: Article

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