Abstract: An efficient computational procedure is presented for reducing the cost of the stress, free vibration, and buckling analyses of multilayered composite cylinders. The analytical formulation is based on the linear three‐dimensional ...

Abstract: The results of a detailed study of the effect of cutout on the nonlinear response of curved unstiffened panels are presented. The panels are subjected to combined temperature gradient through-the-thickness combined with ...

Abstract: A simple penalty finite element formulation is presented for the large‐rotation and postbuckling analyses of curved beams. The analytical formulation is based on a form of Reissner's large‐deformation theory with the ...

Abstract: An efficient computational procedure is presented for the analysis of laminated anisotropic shells of revolution and assessing the sensitivity of their response to anisotropic (nonorthotropic) material coefficients. The ...

Abstract: A study is made of the thermomechanical buckling of composite plates subjected to combined thermal and axial loadings. The plates considered consist of a number of perfectly bonded layers and have symmetric lamination with ...

Abstract: A predictor‐corrector approach is presented for calculating the composite shear correction factors and analyzing multilayered composite cylinders. In the predictor phase a two‐dimensional first‐order shear deformation ...

Abstract: The results of a detailed study of the nonlinear response of curved sandwich panels with composite face sheets, subjected to a temperature gradient through the thickness combined with mechanical loadings, are presented. ...

Abstract: A study is made of the variability of the response of stiffened composite panels, associated with variations in the major geometric and material parameters of the structures. The major parameters, which have the most effect ...

Abstract: Three‐dimensional solutions are presented for the buckling and free vibrations of sandwich panels with composite face sheets subjected to combined temperature change and applied edge compression. Sensitivity coefficients ...