Analysis of laminated sandwich plates based on interlaminar shear stress continuous plate theory

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-384

  Chakrabarti, A ^a   Sheikh, A H ^b  

^a JALPAIGURI GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bending; Finite element method; Laminates; Plates; Sandwich panels; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ELEMENT FORMULATION; SANDWITCH PLATES; STIFF LAMINATED FACE SHEETS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

LAMINATED MATERIAL;

EID: 15944425062     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2005)131:4(377)     Document Type: Article

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