Two simple and efficient displacement-based quadrilateral elements for the analysis of composite laminated plates

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1771-1796

  Zhang, Y X ^a   Kim, K S ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Displacement based quadrilateral element; First order shear deformation theory; Hybrid enhanced procedure; Shear locking free; Timoshenko's laminated composite beam functions

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS;

FIRST-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY (FSDT); LINEAR ANALYSIS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 9344234981     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1123     Document Type: Article

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