Analytical-experimental correlation for a stiffened composite panel loaded in axial compression

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 379-387

  Park, Oung ^a,d   Haftka, Raphael T ^a   Sankar, Bhavani V ^a   Starnes Jr , James H ^b   Nagendra, Somanath ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Lexel Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; STIFFENED COMPOSITE PANELS;

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0035273007     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2772     Document Type: Article

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