Assumed strain quadrilateral C⁰ laminated plate element based on third-order shear deformation theory Academic Article

abstract

• This paper presents a four-noded quadrilateral C0 strain plate element for the analysis of thick laminated composite plates. The element formulation is based on: 1) the third-order shear deformation theory; 2) assumed strain element formulation; and 3) interrelated edge displacements and rotations along element boundaries. Unlike the existing displacement-type composite plate elements based on the third-order theory, which rely on the C1-continuity formulation, the present plate element is of C0-continuity, and its element stiffness matrix is evaluated explicitly. Because of the third-order expansion of the in-plane displacements through the thickness, the resulting theory and hence elements do not need shear correction factors. The explicit element stiffness matrix makes the present element more computationally efficient than the composite plate elements using numerical integration for the analysis of thick layered composite plates.

authors

• Reddy, Junuthula

published proceedings

• STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS

author list (cited authors)

• Shi, G., Lam, K. Y., Tay, T. E., & Reddy, J. N.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Shi, G||Lam, KY||Tay, TE||Reddy, JN

publication date

• December 1999

publisher

• Techno-Press  Publisher

keywords

• Assumed Strain Fe Formulation
• Laminated Composite Plates
• Plate Element
• Reddy-levinson Third-order Plate Theory

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.12989/sem.1999.8.6.623

start page

• 623

end page

• 637

volume

• 8

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/sem.1999.8.6.623