FINITE-ELEMENT FORMULATION INCLUDING INTERLAMINAR STRESS CALCULATIONS Academic Article

abstract

• A quadrilateral plate element is developed on the basis of utilizing the compatibility equations to obtain the in-plane stresses, and the equilibrium equations to obtain both transverse shear and normal stresses. A plate as opposed to shell or solid formulation serves to provide efficient solutions for thin to moderately thick laminated composite configurations. The element formulation involves relaxation of the Kirchhoff hypothesis via superposition of a shear rotation upon a midplane rotation. The displacement field is carefully selected to obtain the desired transverse stress variation. Results are compared to both closed form and numerical solutions. 1986.

authors

• Ochoa, Ozden

published proceedings

• COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES

author list (cited authors)

• ENGBLOM, J. J., & OCHOA, O. O.

citation count

• 32

complete list of authors

• ENGBLOM, JJ||OCHOA, OO

publication date

• January 1986

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Computers and Structures  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0045-7949(86)90216-6

start page

• 241

end page

• 249

volume

• 23

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0045-7949(86)90216-6