Free vibration analysis of rectangular composite laminates using a layerwise cubic B-spline finite strip method

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 601-622

  Zhang, Yingshun ^a   Wang, Simon ^b   Loughlan, Joe ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B spline; Composite; Finite strip method; Laminates; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SPLINES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

B-SPLINE; FINITE STRIP METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; SHEAR-LOCKING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 33746242333     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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