Predicting the influence of nano-scale material structure on the in-plane buckling of orthotropic plates

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1024-1038

  Gates, Thomas S ^a,c   Odegard, Gregory M ^b   Nemeth, Michael P ^a,c   Frankland, Sarah Jane V ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^c MS 188E   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; ORTHOTROPIC PLATES; REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL STABILITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 16244389980     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-1607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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