Thermal post-buckling behaviour of laminated plates using a shear-flexible element based on coupled-displacement field

Composite Structures

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-359

  Thankam, V Sita ^a   Singh, Gajbir ^a   Rao, G Venkateswara ^a   Rath, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Coupled field finite element; Thermal buckling; Thermal post buckling

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SHEAR STRESS; LAMINATES;

COUPLED-FIELD FINITE ELEMENT; ELEMENTAL MATRICES; THERMAL BUCKLING; THERMAL POST-BUCKLING; LAMINATED PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0036488121     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00243-X     Document Type: Article

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