A finite element for the koiter nonlinear analysis of composite thin-walled structures

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Bilotta, A ^a   Lanzo, A D ^b   Casciaro, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite panel; Finite element; Hc interpolation; Perturbation approach

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PANELS; ELEMENT FORMULATION; IN-PLANE DISPLACEMENT; MINDLIN PLATE MODELS; NONLINEAR APPLICATIONS; OUT-OF-PLANE DISPLACEMENT; PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION APPROACH;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERPOLATION; MINDLIN PLATES; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84893394981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. W. T. Koiter, 'On the stability of elastic equilibrium', Ph.D. Thesis, Delft, 1945. English transl. NASA TT-F10, 883, 1967 and AFFDL TR70-25, 1970.
2. R. Casciaro, G. Salerno and A. D. Lanzo, 'Finite element asymptotic analysis of slender elastic structures: A simple approach', Int. J. Num. Meth. Eng., 35, 1397- 1426 (1992).
3. G. Salerno and R. Casciaro, 'Mode Jumping and attractive paths in multimode elastic buckling', Int. J. Num. Meth. Eng., 40, 833-861 (1997).
4. A. D. Lanzo, G. Garcea and R. Casciaro, 'Asymptotic post-buckling analysis of rectangular plates by HC finite elements', Int. J. Num. Meth. Eng., 38, 2325-2345 (1995).
5. A. D. Lanzo and G. Garcea, 'Koiter's analysis of thin-walled structures by s finite element approach', Int. J. Num. Meth. Eng., 39, 3007-3031 (1996).
6. A. Bilotta, G. Garcea, G. A. Trunfio, R. Casciaro, 'Post-critical analysis of thinwalled structures by KASP code', APRICOS-DE-1.3-03-1/UNICAL, report n. 185, Dipartimento Strutture, Università della Calabria, Cosenza, 1997.
7. G. Garcea, A. Bilotta, G. A. Trunfio, R. Casciaro, 'Mixed formulation in Koiter nonlinear analysis of thin-walled structures: KASP implementation', APRICOS-DE- 1.3-10-1/UNICAL, report n. 192, Dipartimento Strutture, Università della Calabria, Cosenza, 1998.
8. S. P. Timoshenko and J. M. Gere, Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw-Hill (1963).
9. H. Matsunaga, 'Buckling instabilities of thick elastic plates subjected to in-plane stresses', Comp. & Struct., 62, 205-214 (1997).
10. J. Argyris, L. Tenek, 'Buckling of multilayered composites plates by natural shear deformation matrix theory', Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 111, 37-59 (1994).
11. N. D. Phan and J. N. Reddy, 'Analysis of laminated composite plates using a higher- order shear deformation theory', Int. J. Num. Meth. Eng., 21, 2201-2219 (1985).