Buckling analysis of laminated composite rectangular plates reinforced by SWCNTs using analytical and finite element methods

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 809-820

  Arani, A Ghorbanpour ^a   Maghamikia, Sh ^a   Mohammadimehr, M ^a   Arefmanesh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buckling; FEM; Laminated composite; Rectangular plate; SWCNTs

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BUCKLING ANALYSIS; CRITICAL BUCKLING LOADS; DEVELOPED MODEL; EDGE CONDITIONS; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC MODULUS; FEM; FEM CALCULATION; FINITE ELEMENT; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; LAMINATED PLATE; LAMINATED PLATE THEORY; MODERATELY THICK; MORI TANAKA METHOD; ORIENTATION ANGLES; RECTANGULAR PLATES; SWCNTS; THIRD-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY;

AGGLOMERATION; ASPECT RATIO; BUCKLING; DELAMINATION; LAMINATING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79957499668     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-011-0127-3     Document Type: Article

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