Buckling and static analysis of curvilinearly stiffened plates using mesh-free method

AIAA Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2739-2751

  Tamijani, Ali Yeilaghi ^a,b   Kapania, Rakesh K ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT-FREE GALERKIN METHOD; ESSENTIAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FIRST-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MESH-FREE METHOD; MOVING LEAST SQUARES; NODAL LINE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; PARAMETER VALUES; PENALTY METHODS; SHAPE FUNCTIONS; STIFFENED PLATE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GALERKIN METHODS; MANUFACTURE; POISSON EQUATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STATIC ANALYSIS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 78650344336     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.43917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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