Free vibration analysis of sandwich beam with FG core using the element free Galerkin method

Composite Structures

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-379

  Chehel Amirani, M ^a   Khalili, S M R ^a,b   Nemati, N ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Element free Galerkin method; Functionally graded core; Penalty method; Sandwich beam; Vibration analysis

Indexed keywords

CORE MATERIAL; ELASTIC CORE; ELEMENT FREE GALERKIN METHOD; ELEMENT FREE GALERKIN METHODS; FACE SHEETS; FREE-VIBRATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED CORE; GALERKIN FORMULATION; PENALTY METHOD; PENALTY METHODS; SANDWICH BEAM; SANDWICH BEAMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELASTICITY;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COREMAKING; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

GALERKIN METHODS;

ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 67349105919     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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