A triangular shear-flexible finite element for moderately thick laminated composite plates

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(83)90104-4zbMath0506.73077OpenAlexW2040441406MaRDI QIDQ1837022

G. R. Bhashyam, Richard H. Gallagher

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(83)90104-4

zbMATH Keywords

numerical resultstransverse shear deformationelement stiffness matrixcase of symmetrically laminated platedesirable convergence characteristicsdifferent support and loading conditionseighteen degrees of freedomelement of triangular shapeisotropic, orthotropic and anisotropic platesnumerically exact integrationstrain energy in terms of those componentstotal and flexural displacement componentswide range of meshes and thickness-to-span ratios

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anisotropy in solid mechanics (74E10) Plates (74K20) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Composite and mixture properties (74E30)

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