Assessment of plate elements on bending and vibrations of composite structures

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-357

  Carrera, E ^a   Demasi, L ^a   Manganello, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; THEOREM PROVING; VIBRATION CONTROL;

CIRCULAR FREQUENCY; FINITE PLATE ELEMENTS; LAYERED COMPOSITES; SANDWICH BEAMS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 11344280252     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490290096982     Document Type: Article

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