Free vibration of sandwich beams using the dynamic stiffness method

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 18-19, 2003, Pages 1915-1922

  Banerjee, J R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic stiffness; Free vibration; Sandwich beam

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); HAMILTONIANS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STIFFNESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SANDWICH BEAMS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0038790293     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(03)00211-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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