Analysis of Layered Composite Plates Accounting for Large Deflections and Transverse Shear Strains.

Abstract

A finite-element analysis is presented for large-deflection bending and large-amplitude free vibration of rectangular plates of cross-ply and angle-ply construction under various edge conditions and loadings. The finite element employed in the present study accounts for transverse shear and rotatory inertia (in the Reissner-Mindlin sense), and large rotations (in the von Karman sense). The finite element solutions are found to agree very closely with results available in the literature. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA098913

Entities

People

  • Junuthula N. Reddy

Organizations

  • University of Oklahoma

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Constitutive Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Response
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Galerkin Method
  • Geometry
  • Laminates
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Structural Dynamics.