New stiffened shell element for geometrically nonlinear analysis of composite laminates

Computers and Structures

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-40

  Barut, A ^a   Madenci, E ^a   Tessler, A ^b   Starnes Jr, J H ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

VIRTUAL DISPLACEMENTS PRINCIPLES;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0033729142     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(99)00201-1     Document Type: Article

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