Nonlinear bending of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite plates in thermal environments

Composite Structures

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-19

  Shen, Hui Shen ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Functionally graded materials; Nanocomposites; Nonlinear bending; Plate; Temperature dependent properties

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HIGHER-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION PLATE THEORY; IN-PLANE; KINEMATIC NONLINEARITY; LOAD DEFLECTION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE PLATES; NONLINEAR BENDING; PLATE; PLATE ASPECT RATIO; REINFORCED COMPOSITE PLATES; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SIMPLY SUPPORTED; SINUSOIDAL LOAD; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RISE; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; THICKNESS DIRECTION; TRANSVERSE SHEAR DEFORMATION;

ASPECT RATIO; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING MOMENTS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRACK INITIATION; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

BENDING; DEFORMATION; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; SHEAR PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67349190560     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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