A high-order theory for the analysis of circular cylindrical composite sandwich shells with transversely compliant core subjected to external loads

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2129-2142

  Rahmani, O ^a   Khalili, S M R ^b,c   Thomsen, O T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buckling; Circular cylindrical shell; Composite sandwich structures; Elasticity solution; Free vibration; Transversely compliant core

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY SOLUTION; FREE VIBRATION; TRANSVERSELY COMPLIANT CORE;

BUCKLING; COREMAKING; ELASTICITY; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84859000758     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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