Modelling and analysis of multi-ply torispheres draped from woven carbon fabric

Computers and Structures

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Blachut, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRAIN; STRESSES;

COLLAPSE; EXTERNAL PRESSURE; TORISPHERICAL SHELL; WOVEN FABRIC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0033890956     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(99)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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