Polyharmonic (thin-plate) splines in the analysis of composite plates

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1549-1569

  Ferreira, A J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Composite plates; Layerwise theory; Polyharmonic splines; Radial basis functions

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SET THEORY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS;

COMPOSITE PLATES; LAYERWISE THEORY; POLYHARMONIC SPLINES; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 9644291608     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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