X-FEM analyses of a thin-walled composite shell structure with a delamination

Computers and Structures

Volumn 88, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 549-557

  Nagashima, Toshio ^a   Suemasu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buckling; Composite laminate; Delamination; Extended FEM; Shell element

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; EXTENDED FEM; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FEM ANALYSIS; SHELL ELEMENT; SOLID ELEMENTS; THIN-WALLED COMPOSITES;

BUCKLING; CARBON FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STEEL SHEET; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 77950516376     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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