Abstract: There exist several formulas for the global buckling of sandwich plates, each based on a specific set of assumptions and a specific plate or beam model. It is not easy to determine the ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional elasticity solution for rectangular sandwich plates exists only under restrictive assumptions on the orthotropic material constants of the constitutive phases (i.e., face sheets ...

Abstract: An improved elasticity solution to the problem of buckling of orthotropic cylindrical shells subjected to external pressure is presented. The 2D axisymmetric cylindrical shell is studied (ring approximation). Specifically, ...

Abstract: The mode I and II stress intensity factors in a fully anisotropic infinite strip with a single-edge or double-edge crack configuration are obtained from an approach based on the continuous ...

Abstract: In this paper, the vibrational behavior of the multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) embedded in elastic media is investigated by a nonlocal shell model. The nonlocal shell model is formulated ...

Abstract: The small internal length scales of nanomaterials/nano-devices may call the direct application of classical continuum models into question. In this research, a nonlocal elastic shell model, which ...

Abstract: A new one-dimensional high-order theory for orthotropic elastic sandwich beams is formulated. This new theory is an extension of the high-order sandwich panel theory (HSAPT) and includes the ...

Abstract: A geometrically nonlinear formulation for the behavior of composite delaminated beams of arbitrary stacking sequence, and with the effects of transverse shear deformation included, is presented. ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the nonlinear dynamic response of a shallow sandwich shell subject to blast loading with consideration of core compressibility. The shallow shell consists of two laminated ...