Static and free vibration analysis of cross-ply laminated plates using the Reissner-mixed variational theorem and the cell based smoothed finite element method

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Pramod, ALN (Author) Other; Natarajan, S (Author) Other; Ferreira, AJM (Author) FEUP; Carrera, E (Author) Other; Cinefra, M (Author) Other

Journal

Title: European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids

Vol. 62

Pages: 14-21

ISSN: 0997-7538

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-00M-EZ4

DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2016.10.006

Abstract (EN): Static bending and free vibration of cross-ply laminated plates with simply supported boundary conditions are studied using layerwise description for field variables. The layerwise approach accounts for the through-the-thickness deformations. The equations of motion and the boundary conditions are obtained by the Carrera's unified formulation. The stiffness matrix is computed by using the Reissner mixed variational theorem (RMVT), in which the transverse stresses are also treated as independent variables apart from the displacements. To this end, a mixed form of Hooke's law is defined. A cell-based smoothed finite element method is employed to compute the terms in the stiffness matrix. The influence of various parameters on the static bending and free vibration are numerically studied.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8