A simple and accurate four-node quadrilateral element using stabilized nodal integration for laminated plates

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-175

  Nguyen Van, H ^a   Mai Duy, N ^a   Tran Cong, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

First order shear deformation theory; Laminated composite plates; Shear locking free; Strain smoothing method

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

FIRST-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; SHEAR-LOCKING; STRAIN SMOOTHING METHODS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 35348975596     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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