Enhancement of stability of composite plates using shape memory alloy supports

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2584-2588

  Birman, Victor ^a,b,c  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Engineering Education Center

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING LOAD; COMPOSITE PLATES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; STABILITY CRITERIA;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 36049040952     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.31190     Document Type: Article

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