Higher order theories for the free vibration analysis of laminated anisotropic doubly-curved shells of arbitrary geometry with general boundary conditions

F Tornabene, M Viscoti, R Dimitri - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work investigates the modal response of doubly-curved shells characterized by
unsymmetric lamination schemes embedding anisotropic materials and externally …

Vibration of variable stiffness composite laminate and hybrid composite laminate plates coupled to sloshing fluid

M Karimi, K Khorshidi, M Rezaeisaray… - Composite …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present article, Reddy shear deformation plate theory is employed to investigate the
free vibration of vertical laminated composite plates coupled to sloshing liquid. Two different …

Multiscale structural analysis of thick sandwich structures using parametric HFGMC micromechanics and isogeometric plate formulation based on refined zigzag …

A Kheyabani, E Massarwa, A Kefal - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel multiscale modeling strategy by combining the parametric high
fidelity generalized method of cells (HFGMC) micromechanical model and isogeometric …

A novel isogeometric layerwise element for piezoelectric analysis of laminated plates with straight/curvilinear fibers

KA Hasim, A Kefal - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents an isogeometric layerwise element, L-IGA based on the principle of
virtual displacement theory to model the bending behavior of laminated smart composite …

Static and dynamic NURBS-based isogeometric analysis of composite plates under hygrothermal environment

A Gupta, S Verma, A Ghosh - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a computationally efficient isogeometric plate model, employing
nonpolynomial shear deformation theory (NPSDT), for static and dynamic analysis of …

Effective multiscale structural analysis of thick sandwich structures with 3D woven composite face sheets and a soft core based on coupled micromechanics and …

A Al-Nadhari, A Kheyabani, A Kefal, S Topal… - Composite …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel multiscale analysis technique is presented for predicting the
mechanical behavior of 3D woven composites. To this end, the model of the representative …

Coupling of isogeometric higher-order RZT and parametric HFGMC frameworks for multiscale modeling of sandwich laminates: Theory and experimental validation

A Kheyabani, HQ Ali, A Kefal, M Yildiz - Aerospace Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel isogeometric plate formulation based on {3, 2}-order refined zigzag theory (RZT) is
developed and coupled with the parametric high fidelity generalized method of cells …

Towards composite suspension control arm: Conceptual design, structural analysis, laminate optimization, manufacturing, and experimental testing

E Komurcu, A Kefal, MA Abdollahzadeh… - Composite …, 2024 - Elsevier
The automotive industry needs composite materials to decrease the weight of new-
generation vehicles whilst increasing their strength. In this study, one of the critical (load …

New Accomplishments on the Equivalence of the First-Order Displacement-Based Zigzag Theories through a Unified Formulation

M Di Sciuva, M Sorrenti - Journal of Composites Science, 2024 - mdpi.com
The paper presents a critical review and new accomplishments on the equivalence of the
first-order displacement-based zigzag theories for laminated composite and sandwich …

Implementation of shear-locking-free triangular refined zigzag element for structural analysis of multilayered plates with curvilinear fibers

P Zoghipour, KA Hasim, A Kefal, M Yildiz - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Modeling and analysis of composites with curvilinear fiber reinforcement is rather
challenging in terms of accuracy and computational cost associated with variable material …