Resin uptake plays a critical role in the stiffness‐to‐weight ratio of wind turbine blades in
which sandwich composites are used extensively. This work examines the flexural …

The purpose of this article is to examine the dynamic behavior of shear deformation beams
subjected to high-speed thermal and mechanical loadings. The structure's theoretical …

Composite materials are used to produce multi-objective structures such as fluid reservoirs,
transmission pipes, heat exchangers, pressure vessels due to high strength and stiffness to …

Beam-like compliant elements have found wide-ranging application in many fields of
engineering and science often where 3D large deflections can be of concern such as soft …

This research reports on Three Dimensional (3D) exact free torsional-bending vibrations
and buckling of Timoshenko beams possessing homogeneous and nonhomogeneous …

An analytical solution is obtained for the 3D static deflection of variable stiffness composite
beams subject to non-uniformly distributed loads. Governing differential equations with …

Consider the coupling of stretching-bending deformation induced by the arbitrarily laminated
composites, and the transverse shear deformation caused by the thick beams. A …

Non-prismatic beams are widely employed in several engineering fields, eg, wind turbines,
rotor blades, aircraft wings, and arched bridges. While analytical solutions for variable cross …

Beams resting on elastic foundations are widely used in engineering design such as
railroad tracks, pipelines, bridge decks, and automobile frames. Laminated composite …

New exact analytical solutions are presented for the static deflection of coupled Timoshenko
composite beams resting on two-parameter elastic foundations subject to arbitrary boundary …