Hybrid finite element method for stress analysis of laminated composites /
Hybrid Finite Element Method for Stress Analysis of Laminated Composites presents the development of the partial hybrid finite element method for the stress analysis of laminated composite structures. The authors believe that the partial hybrid finite element method is more efficient than the displa...
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Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
[1998]
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Displacement finite element method
- 1.3 Assumed displacement field
- 1.4 Displacement element formulation
- 1.5 Advantages and disadvantages of displacement finite elements
- 1.6 Motivation for developing hybrid finite elements
- 2 The hybrid finite element method
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Formulation of the variational functional
- 2.3 Evolution of the hybrid finite element method
- 2.4 Assumed stress field
- 2.5 Difficulties with the hybrid finite element method
- 3 Development of hybrid element technique for analysis of composites
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Composite variational principle
- 3.3 Formulation of partial hybrid element
- 3.4 Determination of stress modes
- 4 Partial hybrid elements for analysis of composite laminates
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Single-layer finite elements
- 4.3 Multilayer finite elements
- 5 Numerical examples of finite element analysis and global/local approach
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Finite element analysis using degenerated plate element
- 5.3 Finite element analysis using solid element
- 5.4 Finite element analysis using multilayer element
- 5.5 Finite element models with different mesh densities
- 5.6 Global/local approach for stress analysis of composite laminates
- 5.7 Conclusion.