Abstract: A general method for the large deflection analysis of inelastic plane frames is presented. The large deflection analysis is based on the Eulerian formulation in which a member tangent stiffness matrix is constructed with ...

Abstract: A shear deformable finite element is developed for the analysis of thick laminated composite plates. The finite element formulation is based on Mindlin’s plate theory in which shear correction ...

Abstract: A method for investigating the dynamic response of shear deformable laminated composite plates subject to low-speed impact is presented. The equations of motion of the impactor and the plate ...

Abstract: A method for the probabilistic failure analysis of laminated composite plates with random system parameters subject to transverse loads is presented. System parameters such as material properties, plate thickness, and ...

Abstract: A constrained minimization method is presented for the identification of elastic constants of shear deformable laminated composite plates. Strains and/or displacements obtained from static testing of laminated composite ...

Abstract: A method is presented for identification of elastic constants for composite materials using three measured strains of a single angle-ply laminate subjected to tensile testing. In the proposed method, the trial material ...

Abstract: A nondestructive evaluation technique established on the basis of a global minimization method is presented for the system identification of laminated composite plates partially restrained by elastic edge supports. Six ...

Abstract: The overall uncertainty of an aging stochastic system is analyzed through the consideration of both objective uncertainty and subjective imprecision. The updated probability distribution of a normal variate is determined ...

Abstract: The optimal lamination arrangements of laminated composite plates with maximum shear buckling loads are studied via a multi-start global optimization technique. A previously proposed shear deformable ...

Abstract: Free vibration of symmetrically laminated composite sandwich plates with elastic edge restraints is studied via the Rayleigh–Ritz approach. The proposed Rayleigh–Ritz method is constructed on the basis of the layer-wise ...