A new partial finite element model for statics of sandwich plates

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-520

  Kant, Tarun ^a   Pendhari, Sandeep S ^a   Desai, Yogesh M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Numerical integration algorithm; Partial finite element; Sandwich

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

NUMERICAL INTEGRATION ALGORITHMS; PARTIAL FINITE ELEMENT; UNSYMMETRIC SANDWICH PLATES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 34548167293     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636207073465     Document Type: Article

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