Analysis of sandwich plates by radial basis functions collocation, according to Murakami's Zig-Zag theory

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 505-524

  Ferreira, António Joaquim Mendes ^a   Roque, Carla Maria da Cunha ^b   Carrera, Erasmo ^c   Cinefra, Maria ^c   Polit, Olivier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

radial basis functions; Sandwich; unified formulation; Zig Zag theories

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

CARRERA'S UNIFIED FORMULATION; MURAKAMI'S ZIG-ZAG FUNCTIONS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS; SANDWICH; SANDWICH PLATES; TRANSVERSE DISPLACEMENTS; UNIFIED FORMULATIONS; ZIGZAG THEORY;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84871738059     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636212449083     Document Type: Article

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