Review of current trends in research and applications of sandwich structures

V Birman, GA Kardomateas - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The review outlines modern trends in theoretical developments, novel designs and modern
applications of sandwich structures. The most recent work published at the time of writing of …

An overview of layerwise theories for composite laminates and structures: Development, numerical implementation and application

KM Liew, ZZ Pan, LW Zhang - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, a vast number of theories for numerical modeling of laminated
composite plates and shells has been developed by various researchers and for diverse …

Layerwise theories of laminated composite structures and their applications: a review

D Li - Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2021 - Springer
It is very challenging to accurately analyze the displacement and stress fields in the
laminated composite structures due to the transverse anisotropy and higher transverse …

A review of linear and nonlinear structural responses of laminated flat/curved panels with and without cutout under thermo-mechanical loading

HC Dewangan, SK Panda, N Sharma - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This article reported the overall review on modeling (mathematical/simulation), analysis
(linear/nonlinear), and prediction of structural responses (static, vibration, transient, etc.) of …

A Sublaminate Generalized Unified Formulation for the analysis of composite structures

M D'Ottavio - Composite Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a very flexible variable kinematics modeling technique for composite
structures. The key point is the subdivision of the multilayered cross-section into numerical …

A comparative study for calculating dispersion curves in viscoelastic multi-layered plates

AH Orta, M Kersemans, K Van Den Abeele - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines and critically compares various commonly used models for calculating
complex wavenumbers in viscoelastic orthotropic multi-layer materials (eg fiber reinforced …

Equivalent single layer, zig-zag, and layer wise theories for variable angle tow composites based on the generalized unified formulation

L Demasi, G Biagini, F Vannucci, E Santarpia… - Composite …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Variable Angle Tow (VAT) composites remove the constraint of having straight
fibers, typical of traditional composite structures. This dramatically increases the design …

Bending analysis of composite laminated and sandwich structures using sublaminate variable-kinematic Ritz models

M d'Ottavio, L Dozio, R Vescovini, O Polit - Composite Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel numerical tool for the bending analysis of thin and thick
composite plates, including monolithic and sandwich structures. The formulation is …

Dynamic response of viscoelastic multiple-core sandwich structures

M D'ottavio, A Krasnobrizha, E Valot, O Polit… - Journal of Sound and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the free and forced vibrations of sandwich beams and plates hosting
an arbitrary number of damping cores. A fractional derivatives Zener-type model is adopted …

Analysis of laminated composites and sandwich structures by variable-kinematic MITC9 plate elements

A Pagani, S Valvano, E Carrera - Journal of Sandwich …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, classical as well as various refined plate finite elements for the analysis of
laminates and sandwich structures are discussed. The attention is particularly focussed on a …