Laminated composite and sandwich structures are lightweight structures that can be found
in many diverse applications especially civil, mechanical and aerospace engineering. The …

Laminated composite straight and curved beams are frequently used in various engineering
applications. This work attempts to review most of the research done in recent years (1989 …

Spectral Element Method in Structural Dynamics is a concise and timely introduction to the
spectral element method (SEM) as a means of solving problems in structural dynamics …

This paper presents a new unified approach for analyzing the static and dynamic behaviors
of functionally graded beams (FGB) with the rotary inertia and shear deformation included …

The present study is concerned with the vibration analysis of cross-ply laminated beams
subjected to different sets of boundary conditions. The analysis is based on a three-degree …

An analytical formulation combined with a fractional-order time derivative damping model
has been developed to conduct a comprehensive study on the large amplitude free and …

Natural frequencies and buckling stresses of laminated composite beams are analyzed by
taking into account the complete effects of transverse shear and normal stresses and …

A finite element model based on a higher-order shear deformation theory is developed to
study the free vibration characteristics of laminated composite beams. The Poisson effect …

Based on the two-dimensional theory of elasticity, a new approach combining the state
space method and the differential quadrature method is presented in this paper for freely …

In this paper, a unified formulation which is based on a general refined shear deformation
beam theory is presented to conduct free vibration analysis of composite laminated beams …