A family of sinus finite elements for the analysis of rectangular laminated beams

Composite Structures

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-72

  Vidal, P ^a   Polit, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element; Higher order transverse shear; Layer refinement; Legendre polynomials; Multilayered beam

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; KINEMATICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; POLYNOMIALS; SHEAR STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HIGHER ORDER TRANSVERSE SHEAR; LAYER REFINEMENT; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; MULTILAYERED BEAM;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEAM; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LAMINATE; VIBRATION;

EID: 38849115635     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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