Shear buckling behaviour of thin composite plates with particular reference to the effects of bend-twist coupling

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 771-792

  Loughlan, J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BEND-TWIST COUPLING; FINITE STRIP METHOD;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0343826122     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7403(00)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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