Assumed strain finite elements for buckling and vibration analysis of initially stressed damped composite sandwich plates

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-334

  Nayak, A K ^a   Shenoi, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assumed strain concept; Composite sandwich plates; Finite element method; Higher order shear deformation theory; Stability; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444448430     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636205050084     Document Type: Article

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