Analytical solutions for bending analysis of rectangular laminated plates with arbitrary lamination and boundary conditions

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2253-2267

  Nik, Ali Mohammad Naserian ^a   Tahani, Masoud ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arbitrary boundary conditions; Extended Kantorovich method; First order shear deformation theory; Laminated composite plates

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POTENTIAL ENERGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

ADMISSIBLE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ANTI-SYMMETRIC ANGLE PLY; ARBITRARY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EXTENDED KANTOROVICH METHOD; FIRST-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; MINIMUM TOTAL POTENTIAL ENERGIES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 70350596123     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-009-0511-4     Document Type: Article

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