Analysis of Laminated Sandwich Plates Based on Interlaminar Shear Stress Continuous Plate Theory
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 131, Issue 4
Abstract
The bending response of sandwich plates with stiff laminated face sheets is studied by a six-noded triangular element having seven degrees of freedom at each node. The element formulation is based on a refined higher-order plate theory having all the features for an accurate modeling of sandwich plates with affordable unknowns. The refined plate theory is quite attractive but suffers from a problem concerned with an interelement continuity requirement when it is used in finite element analysis. The problem has been dealt satisfactorily in this new element, which is applied to the analysis of sandwich plates of different kinds.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 131 • Issue 4 • April 2005
Pages: 377 - 384
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© 2005 ASCE.
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Received: Dec 3, 2003
Accepted: Jun 23, 2004
Published online: Apr 1, 2005
Published in print: Apr 2005
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Note. Associate Editor: Arif Masud
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