On the design of some particular orthotropic plates with non-standard ply orientations

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 1665-1693

  Grediac M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS;

ORTHOTROPIC PLATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0342472192     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1106/V4U2-LTQE-Q1JG-3WN2     Document Type: Article

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