Reliability assessment of post-buckling compressive strength of laminated composite plates and stiffened panels under axial compression

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 22-23, 2007, Pages 7167-7182

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

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Laminated composite plates; Nonlinear finite element; Post buckling compressive strength; Progressive failure analysis; Reliability assessment; Stiffened composite panels

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; POST-BUCKLING COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; STIFFENED COMPOSITE PANELS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 34548828517     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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