A mixed shear flexible finite element for the analysis of laminated plates Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A mixed shear flexible finite element based on the Hencky-Mindlin type shear deformation theory of laminated plates is presented and their behavior in bending is investigated. The element consists of three displacements, two rotations, and three moments as the generalized degrees of freedom per node. The numerical convergence and accuracy characteristics of the element are investigated by comparing the finite element solutions with the exact solutions. The present study shows that reduced-order integration of the stiffness coefficients due to shear is necessary to obtain accurate results for thin plates. © 1984.

author list (cited authors)

  • Putcha, N. S., & Reddy, J. N.

citation count

  • 24

publication date

  • July 1984