A review on the design of laminated composite structures: constant and variable stiffness design and topology optimization

Y Xu, J Zhu, Z Wu, Y Cao, Y Zhao, W Zhang - Advanced Composites and …, 2018 - Springer
The advantages of laminated composite structures make them attractive in industrial
applications. To achieve the maximum advantages of the composite structures, the design …

Bending and hygro-thermo-mechanical vibration analysis of a functionally graded porous sandwich nanoshell resting on elastic foundation

QH Pham, TT Tran, VK Tran, PC Nguyen… - Mechanics of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the finite element method (FEM) used four-unknown shear deformation
theory for the static bending and hygro-thermo-mechanical vibration analysis of sandwich …

Deflection and stress characteristics of single lap joint (adhesively bonded) theoretical analysis and experimental verification

NK Akkasali, S Biswas, SK Panda - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
The adhesively bonded single-lap joint strength is computed numerically and verified with
the experiment. An ABAQUS model is prepared to analyze by adding the primary …

[HTML][HTML] Size-dependent vibration of bi-directional functionally graded microbeams with arbitrary boundary conditions

LC Trinh, TP Vo, HT Thai, TK Nguyen - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, the free vibration behaviour of bi-dimensional functionally graded (BDFG)
microbeams under arbitrary boundary conditions (BCs) is studied. Based on the frame work …

Influence of Winkler-Pasternak foundation on the vibrational behavior of plates and shells reinforced by agglomerated carbon nanotubes

D Banić, M Bacciocchi, F Tornabene, AJM Ferreira - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to investigate the effect of the Winkler-Pasternak elastic foundation on the
natural frequencies of Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-reinforced laminated composite plates and …

A computational investigation on flexural response of laminated composite plates using a simple quasi-3D HSDT

K Draiche, MM Selim, AA Bousahla, A Tounsi… - Steel and Composite …, 2021 - dbpia.co.kr
In this work, a simple quasi 3-D parabolic shear deformation theory is developed to examine
the bending response of antisymmetric cross-ply laminated composite plates under different …

[HTML][HTML] A mixed inverse differential quadrature method for static analysis of constant-and variable-stiffness laminated beams based on Hellinger-Reissner mixed …

LC Trinh, SO Ojo, RMJ Groh, PM Weaver - International Journal of Solids …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing applications of laminated composite structures necessitate the development of
equivalent single layer (ESL) models that can achieve similar accuracy but are more …

Structural dynamics and stability analysis of 2D-FG microbeams with two-directional porosity distribution and variable material length scale parameter

A Karamanli, M Aydogdu - Mechanics Based Design of Structures …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Since the two-directional functionally graded (2D-FG) materials can satisfy the new
requirements raised based on the elimination of the stress concentration, delamination and …

[HTML][HTML] On the bending, buckling and free vibration analysis of bio-inspired helicoidal laminated composite shear and normal deformable beams

A Karamanli, TP Vo, MO Belarbi, S Lee - Composite Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
The mechanical behaviours of bio-inspired helicoidal symmetric laminated composite
(BIHLC) beams are investigated via the Ritz method. By exploiting the variational …

Buckling of laminated composite and sandwich beams due to axially varying in-plane loads

A Karamanli, M Aydogdu - Composite structures, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper is dedicated to study the elastic buckling behavior of isotropic, laminated
composite and sandwich beams subjected to various axially varying in-plane loads and …