MULTILAYERED PLATE ELEMENTS WITH NODE-DEPENDENT KINEMATICS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE AND SANDWICH STRUCTURES

In this paper a new plate finite element (FE) for the analysis of composite and sandwich plates is proposed. By making use of the node-variable plate theory assumptions, the new finite element allows for a simultaneous analysis of different subregions of the problem domain with different kinematics...

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Main Authors: Stefano Valvano, Erasmo Carrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Niš 2017-04-01
Series:Facta Universitatis. Series: Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:http://casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/FUMechEng/article/view/2733