A three-layered sandwich element with improved transverse shear stiffness and stresses based on FSDT

Computers and Structures

Volumn 84, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 843-854

  Karger L ^a   Wetzel, A ^a   Rolfes, R ^a   Rohwer, K ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite; Extended 2D Method; Finite shell elements; Multilayered shell theory; Sandwich; Transverse stresses

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRESS;

EXTENDED 2D METHOD; FINITE SHELL ELEMENTS; MULTILAYERED SHELL THEORY; TRANSVERSE STRESSES;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

EID: 33645984845     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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