A higher-order plate element for accurate prediction of interlaminar stresses in laminated composite plates

Composite Structures

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-357

  Ramesh, Sai Sudha ^a   Wang, C M ^a   Reddy, J N ^a,b   Ang, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Corner supported laminated composite plates; Higher order interpolation; Plate bending; Skew laminated composite plates; Stress resultants; Transverse shear stress

Indexed keywords

CORNER SUPPORTED LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; HIGHER-ORDER INTERPOLATION; PLATE BENDING; SKEW LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; STRESS RESULTANTS; TRANSVERSE SHEAR STRESS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BENDING; COMPOSITE; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LAMINATE; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 68449102921     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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