A geometrically exact formulation for thin multi-layered laminated composite plates: Theory and experiment

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1649-1663

  Lacarbonara, Walter ^a   Pasquali, Michele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental equilibrium paths; Geometrically exact plate; Multi layered composite plates; Nonlinear curvatures; Nonlinear membrane stretching

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAMINATING; MINDLIN PLATES;

EQUILIBRIUM PATH; GEOMETRICALLY EXACT; MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSITES; NONLINEAR CURVATURES; NONLINEAR MEMBRANE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 79955478325     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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