An assessment of several displacement-based theories for the vibration and stability analysis of laminated composite and sandwich beams

Composite Structures

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-349

  Zhen, Wu ^a   Wanji, Chen ^a  

^a SHENYANG AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Displacement based theories; Free vibration and stability; Laminated composite beams; Soft core sandwiches

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BUCKLING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

DISPLACEMENT-BASED THEORIES; LAMINATED BEAMS; SOFT-CORE SANDWICHES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 41549130721     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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