The stree analysis of sandwich shells faced with composite sheets based on 3D FEM

Composite Structures

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-41

  Xue, Mingde ^a   Cheng, Lejin ^a   Hu, Ning ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D FEM; Composite materials; Interlaminar stress; Sandwich shell; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRESS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

SANDWICH SHELLS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

AEROSPACE TEXTILE; FIBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037397180     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00312-4     Document Type: Article

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