Hygrothermal effects on multilayered composite plates using a refined higher order theory

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 633-646

  Lo, S H ^a   Zhen, Wu ^b   Cheung, Y K ^a   Wanji, Chen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENYANG AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Global local higher order theory; Hygrothermal effect; Laminates; Material properties; Quadrilateral laminated plate element

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT FUNCTION; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ELEMENT METHOD; GLOBAL-LOCAL; GLOBAL-LOCAL HIGHER ORDER THEORY; HIGHER-ORDER THEORY; HYGRO-THERMAL LOADS; HYGROTHERMAL; HYGROTHERMAL EFFECT; HYGROTHERMAL EFFECTS; HYGROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENT; KIRCHHOFF; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; LAMINATED PLATE; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MOISTURE CONCENTRATION; MULTILAYERED COMPOSITES; MULTILAYERED PLATES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PLATE ELEMENTS; QUADRILATERAL LAMINATED PLATE ELEMENT; SECOND DERIVATIVES; STRAIN COMPONENTS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT MATERIAL PROPERTIES; THIN PLATE ELEMENTS; TRANSVERSE DISPLACEMENTS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; MOISTURE; REFINING;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70350726201     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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