Effective stiffness and microscopic deformation of an orthotropic plate containing arbitrary holes

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 2301-2307

  Yang, Qing Sheng ^a   Becker, Wilfried ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic matrix; Effective properties; Homogenization; Inclusions; Microscopic deformation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCLUSIONS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC MATRIX; EFFECTIVE PROPERTIES; HOMOGENIZATION; MICROSCOPIC DEFORMATION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 4944229610     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.05.015     Document Type: Article

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