Three-dimensional free vibration of carbon nanotube-reinforced composite plates with various boundary conditions using Ritz method

Composite Structures

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 362-370

  Abdollahzadeh Shahrbabaki, E ^a   Alibeigloo, A ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube reinforced composite; Jacobi polynomial; Ritz method; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; POLYNOMIALS; REINFORCEMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADMISSIBLE FUNCTIONS; CARBON NANOTUBE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; JACOBI POLYNOMIALS; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; RITZ METHODS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FREE VIBRATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL THEORY; VARIOUS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84896354126     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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