Two shear deformable finite element models for buckling analysis of skew fibre-reinforced composite and sandwich panels

Composite Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-124

  Sarath Babu, C ^a   Kant, T ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Buckling analysis; Shear deformation theory; Skew laminates; Skew sandwiches

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

BUCKLING ANALYSIS; SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; SKEW LAMINATES; SKEW SANDWICHES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

ANALYSIS; BUCKLING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; SHEAR PROPERTY;

EID: 0344563529     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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