Longitudinal strength analysis of ship hulls of composite materials under sagging moments

Composite Structures

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-44

  Chen, Nian Zhong ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Buckling; Material failure; Nonlinear finite element analysis; Ship hull in composite materials; Stiffened composite panels; Ultimate collapse

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPACTION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HULLS (SHIP); LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FIRST ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION KINEMATICS; LAGRANGIAN FORMULATION; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; SAGGING MOMENT; STIFFENED COMPOSITE PANELS;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

COMPOSITE; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHEAR PROPERTY; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH;

EID: 33748761708     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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