Galerkin element method applied to the vibration of rectangular damped sandwich plates

Computers and Structures

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 717-730

  Zhang, Q J ^a   Sainsbury, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Damped sandwich plate; Damping; Finite element method; Galerkin element method; Vibration

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GALERKIN ELEMENT METHOD;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033895623     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(99)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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