Accurate flexural analysis of clamped moderately thick cross-ply rectangular plates by superposition of exact untruncated infinite series solutions

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1723-1736

  Umasree, P ^a   Bhaskar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Clamped plates; Cross ply plates; First order shear deformation theory; Moderately thick plates

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CLAMPED PLATES; CROSS-PLY PLATES; FIRST-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; MODERATELY THICK PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 28144465053     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684405051655     Document Type: Article

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