Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis

Computers and Structures

Volumn 89, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1286-1294

  Damghani, Mahdi ^a   Kennedy, David ^a   Featherston, Carol ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace structures; Buckling; Composites; Delamination; Exact strip; Wittrick Williams algorithm

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE STRUCTURE; AIRCRAFT DESIGN; BUCKLING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE PLATES; COMPOSITES; DELAMINATED COMPOSITES; DISCRETISATION; EDGE CONDITIONS; EXACT STRIP; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LOCAL BUCKLING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PLATE SURFACES; SHEAR LOADINGS; STIFFNESS ANALYSIS; WITTRICK WILLIAMS ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL SHEET; STIFFNESS;

BUCKLING;

EID: 79956095380     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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