A refined discrete triangular Mindlin element for laminated composite plates

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 575-593

  Ge, Zengjie ^a   Chen, Wanji ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Displacement function of Timoshenko's laminated beam; Laminated composite plate; Shear locking

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRAIN;

LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036827778     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2002.14.5.575     Document Type: Article

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