A refined sinus plate finite element for laminated and sandwich structures under mechanical and thermomechanical loads

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 253, Issue , 2013, Pages 396-412

  Vidal, P ^a   Polit, O ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS NANTERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Composite; Layer refinement; Sinus model; Thermal effects; Transverse normal stress; Triangular finite element

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CONTINUITY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE VELOCITY; COSINE FUNCTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION; EQUIVALENT SINGLE LAYERS; FINITE ELEMENT; LAMINATED STRUCTURES; LAYER REFINEMENT; LAYERWISE MODEL; MEMBRANE DISPLACEMENT; MULTILAYERED COMPOSITES; NUMBER OF LAYERS; POST PROCESSING; SHEAR CORRECTION FACTORS; SHEAR-LOCKING; SPURIOUS MODES; THERMO MECHANICAL LOADS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THICK PLATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS; TRANSVERSE NORMAL STRESS; TRANSVERSE SHEAR; TRANSVERSE SHEAR STRAINS; TRANSVERSE SHEAR STRESS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COSINE TRANSFORMS; INTERPOLATION; LAMINATING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84870537637     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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