Structural dynamics of viscoelastic sandwich plates by the partition of unity finite element method

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 41-44, 2007, Pages 4101-4116

  Hazard, Laurent ^a   Bouillard, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constrained layer damping; Mindlin plate; Partition of unity; Structural dynamics

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYNOMIALS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

CONSTRAINED LAYER DAMPING; MINDLIN PLATE; PARTITION OF UNITY; SANDWICH MODELLING TECHNIQUE;

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

DAMPING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYNOMIALS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 34547610162     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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