Stress analysis of ply drop-off in composite structures

Composite Structures

Volumn 57, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 235-244

  Her, Shiuh Chuan ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eigenfunction expansion; Global local finite element; Ply drop off; Singular stress

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLYWOOD; STRESS ANALYSIS;

PLY DROP-OFF;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 0036659371     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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