Static and free vibration analysis of laminated composite plates using the conforming radial point interpolation method

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 354-366

  Liu, G R ^a,b   Zhao, X ^a   Dai, K Y ^a   Zhong, Z H ^c   Li, G Y ^c   Han, X ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Composite plates; C. Mesh free; C. Nodal integration; C. Point interpolation; C. Radial basis function

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INTERPOLATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; POLYNOMIALS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DELTA FUNCTION PROPERTY; NODAL INTEGRATION; STRAIN SMOOTHING STABILIZATION TECHNIQUE;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COMPOSITE; DEFORMATION; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR PROPERTY; VIBRATION;

EID: 37449034879     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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