VIBRATION OF THIN SKEW FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITE LAMINATES
Author: Wang S.
Source: Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 201, Number 3, 1997 , pp. 335-352(17)
Publisher: Academic Press
Abstract:
Skew fibre reinforced composite laminates are important structural elements in modern engineering structures, particularly in the aerospace industry. The natural frequencies of these skew laminates are of primary significance to structural designers. As far as the author's knowledge is concerned, the references on this topic are very limited. In this paper a B-spline Rayleigh-Ritz method (RRM) is presented for free vibration analysis of thin skew fibre reinforced composite laminates which may have arbitrary lay-ups, admitting the possibility of coupling between in-plane and out-of-plane behaviour and general anisotropy. Various numerical applications are presented, and the method is shown to be accurate and efficient.
Language: English
Document Type: Research article
Affiliations: Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering and Transport Studies, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, England:

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