A nonlinear theory for doubly curved anisotropic sandwich shells with transversely compressible core

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1059-1088

  Hohe, Jörg ^a   Librescu, Liviu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling; Geometrical nonlinearity; Sandwich construction; Shell theory; Transverse flexibility

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BUCKLING; COMPACTION; HAMILTONIANS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

SANDWITCH SHELLS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

NON-LINEAR SYSTEM; SHELL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037369304     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(02)00656-X     Document Type: Article

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