Here, higher order models of elastic composite multilayer shells of revolution are developed
using the variational principle of virtual power for the 3-D linear anisotropic theory of …

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 …

In this paper, a new mixed model based on the enhanced Refined Zigzag Theory for thick
multilayered composite plates is formulated. The kinematics is assumed cubic for the in …

In this study, we propose a new IsoG eometric formulation based on Refined Zigzag Theory
(RZT), abbreviated as IG-RZT, for static analysis of laminated plates and sandwich panels …

Modeling and analysis of composites with curvilinear fiber reinforcement is rather
challenging in terms of accuracy and computational cost associated with variable material …

This paper develops a new and efficient zigzag theory named as C-311 for laminated
composite plates. The new local zigzag displacement model of C-311 nonlinearly distributes …

The paper presents an enhancement in Refined Zigzag Theory (RZT) for the analysis of
multilayered composite plates. In standard RZT, the zigzag functions cannot predict the …

This paper presents a numerical and experimental assessment of the static behaviour of
thick sandwich beams using the mixed {3, 2}-Refined Zigzag Theory (RZ T {3, 2}(m)). The …

Abstract Murakami's Zig-Zag Function in conjunction of Green-Lagrange Strain-and Second-
Piola Kirchhoff Stress-tensors and Generalized Unified Formulation are introduced for the …

Multilayered composite and sandwich structures have been widely used in engineering
fields (aerospace, marine, automotive, military, civil and energy) due to their exceptional …