Strength reduction and delamination growth in thin and thick composite plates under compressive loading

DOI10.1007/BF00369779zbMath0871.73042MaRDI QIDQ1898443

B. P. Naganarayana, Satya N. Atluri

Publication date: 29 October 1995

Published in: Computational Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

energy release ratefiber orientationNewton-Raphson iterationsmaterial orthotropyReissner-Mindlin plate theoryGauss elimination algorithmcoupled local-global buckling behaviorelliptic delaminationsisotropic square platemulti-plate modeling techniquequasi-conforming three-noded plate element

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Bifurcation and buckling (74G60)

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