Finite element analysis of laminated composite plates using a higher-order displacement model

Pandya, B. N. ; Kant, T. (1988) Finite element analysis of laminated composite plates using a higher-order displacement model Composites Science and Technology, 32 (2). pp. 137-155. ISSN 0266-3538

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Abstract

A C° continuous displacement finite element formulation of a higher-order theory for flexure of thick arbitrary laminated composite plates under transverse loads is presented. The displacement model accounts for non-linear and constant variation of in-plane and transverse displacement model eliminates the use of shear correction coefficients. The discrete element chosen is a nine-noded quadrilateral with nine degrees-of-freedom per node. Results for plate deformations, internal stress-resultants and stresses for selected examples are shown to compare well with the closed-form, the theory of elasticity and the finite element solutions with another higher-order displacement model by the same authors. A computer program has been developed which incorporates the realistic prediction of interlaminar stresses from equilibrium equations.

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