Shell/3D modeling technique for the analysis of delaminated composite laminates

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-44

  Krueger, R ^a   O'Brien, T K ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CANTILEVER BEAMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

LOCAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLID FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MIXED MODE STRAINS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0035201359     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00133-0     Document Type: Article

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