Abstract: The hybrid stress finite element method is used to study the effects of filament angle, θ, and orthotropicity parameter, EL /ET , on the vibration and flutter characteristics of cantilevered ...

Abstract: A simple micromechanical model is developed to predict the onset of tear propagation at slit-like damage sites (i.e., a series of consecutive aligned yarn breaks) in biaxially stressed plain ...

Abstract: The dynamic response of cylindrical and conical panels subjected to arbitrary time-varying load distributions is studied and appropriate equations are presented. Convenient trigonometric series are ...

Abstract: An analysis of the vibration of transversely isotropic Timoshenko beams, which have small constant initial curvature, is presented, and a closed-form general solution to the governing equations ...

Abstract: The mechanics of damage of fiber composite sheets has been reviewed, including cases where the analytical models have been compared to experiments. The emphasis has been on the micromechanics ...