Free edge stress analysis of general cross-ply composite laminates under extension and thermal loading

Composite Structures

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-103

  Tahani, Masoud ^a   Nosier, Asghar ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Composite laminates; Elasticity formulation; Extension; Free edge stresses; Layerwise theory; Thermal loading

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EDGE-EFFECT PROBLEM;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

ELASTICITY; LAMINATE; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STRESS;

EID: 0037397211     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00290-8     Document Type: Article

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