Abstract: Structural designs for composite laminated systems can be optimized for a fail-safe in-service performance by introducing the built-in cumulative-damage-indicators for the progressive degradation of ...

Abstract: A solution for the bending of polar orthotropic pie and ring‐sector plates is presented for three cases of boundary conditions along the straight edges. The classical method of separation of variables is employed and, the ...

Abstract: An “exact” solution is presented for the analysis of orthotropic curved bridge decks subjected to patch, uniform, line and concentrated loads. The bridge deck is idealized as an assemblage of radially supported curved plate ...

Abstract: A numerical solution is presented for determining the stresses and displacements in complete and truncated conical shells. The method is based on the classical bending theory of thin axisymmetric shells. The governing ...

Abstract: An iterative numerical method is presented for the analysis of axisymmetric, isotropic general shells with varying wall rigidity. Shell elements of special geometric shapes, e.g., cylindrical, spherical, and conical shells, ...