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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of agglomeration on the natural frequencies of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced laminated composite doubly-curved shells

F Tornabene, N Fantuzzi, M Bacciocchi… - Composites Part B …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper aims at investigating the effect of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) agglomeration on the
free vibrations of laminated composite doubly-curved shells and panels reinforced by CNTs …

Development and applications of shear deformation theories for laminated composite plates: an overview

A Maji, PK Mahato - Journal of Thermoplastic Composite …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This review, overviews the development and applications of shear deformation (SD)
laminated composite plate theories. The present overview mainly focuses on theoretical …

[HTML][HTML] Strong formulation isogeometric analysis (SFIGA) for laminated composite arbitrarily shaped plates

N Fantuzzi, F Tornabene - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Engineering applications in conventional numerical modeling are investigated by domain
decomposition techniques because, generally, structural components do not have a regular …

A variable-kinematic model for variable stiffness plates: Vibration and buckling analysis

R Vescovini, L Dozio - Composite Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents an advanced approximate technique for the vibration and buckling
analysis of variable stiffness plates. The formulation is based on a variable-kinematic …

Buckling analysis of three-phase CNT/polymer/fiber functionally graded orthotropic plates: Influence of the non-uniform distribution of the oriented fibers on the critical …

M Bacciocchi - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The current paper aims to analyze the influence on the critical buckling loads of the non-
uniform distribution of the oriented fibers along the thickness direction of three-phase …

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 …

Application of Carrera unified formulation in conjunction with finite strip method in static and stability analysis of functionally graded plates

Z Nouri, S Sarrami-Foroushani, F Azhari… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents the static and mechanical buckling analyses of thick functionally graded
(FG) plates. For this purpose, Carrera's unified formulation (CUF) and the principle of virtual …

Design of laminated composite plates with carbon nanotube inclusions against buckling: Waviness and agglomeration effects

SK Georgantzinos, PA Antoniou, GI Giannopoulos… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the present study, a buckling analysis of laminated composite rectangular plates
reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) inclusions is carried out using the …

Critical buckling load of honeycomb sandwich panels reinforced by three-phase orthotropic skins enhanced by carbon nanotubes

M Bacciocchi, AM Tarantino - Composite Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The buckling analyses illustrated in this research aim to provide useful results for the design
and application of sandwich plates with a honeycomb core and three-phase orthotropic …