Procedure for designing laminated plates with required stiffness properties. Application to thin quasi-isotropic quasi-homogeneous uncoupled laminates

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1939-1956

  Grediac M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

OBJECTIVE FUNCTION;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0342939539     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839903302005     Document Type: Article

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