Postbuckling of long unsymmetrically laminated composite plates under axial compression

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 22-23, 2006, Pages 6978-6997

  Diaconu, Cezar G ^a   Weaver, Paul M ^b  

^a STRAERO Research Institute   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Buckling; Compression; Laminated composites; Nondimensional parameters; Plates; Postbuckling; Unsymmetrical configurations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPACTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS;

NONDIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; POLYNOMIAL TRANSVERSE DISPLACEMENT; POSTBUCKLING; UNSYMMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 33748966306     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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