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 …

A novel Trefftz-based meshfree method for free vibration and buckling analysis of thin arbitrarily shaped laminated composite and isotropic plates

AR Motamedi, N Noormohammadi… - Computers & Mathematics …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel meshfree local method is developed in the context of Trefftz approaches to solve
eigenvalue problems related to buckling and free vibration of arbitrarily shaped thin plates …

Optimized free-form surface modeling of point clouds from laser-based measurement

X Xu, H Yang, R Augello, E Carrera - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Freeform parameterizations to reproduce structure deformation are increasingly important
topics in laser-scanner-based deformation analyses. High-accuracy assurance of free-form …

A unified formulation for free vibration of laminated plate through Jacobi-Ritz method

B Qin, R Zhong, Q Wu, T Wang, Q Wang - Thin-Walled Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
In this research, an analytical Jacobi-Ritz method for the free vibration analysis of composite
laminated rectangular plate subject to arbitrary boundary conditions is proposed. The …

An efficient eight‐node quadrilateral element for free vibration analysis of multilayer sandwich plates

MO Belarbi, AM Zenkour, A Tati… - … journal for numerical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a free vibration analysis of laminated sandwich plates under various
boundary conditions by using an efficient C0 eight‐node quadrilateral element. This new …

NURBS-based refined plate theory for metal foam plates with porosities

H Pham-Tan, CH Thai, P Phung-Van - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article, the free vibration, bending, and transient analyses of the porous metal foam
plate via an isogeometric analysis (IGA) are investigated. Three types of porosity …

Accurate multilayered shell buckling analysis via the implicit-mesh discontinuous Galerkin method

G Guarino, V Gulizzi, A Milazzo - AIAA Journal, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
A novel formulation for the linear buckling analysis of multilayered shells is presented. High-
order equivalent-single-layer shell theories based on the through-the-thickness expansion …

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 …

Unified wavelet finite element formulation for static and vibration analysis of laminated composite shells

H Zuo, Y Chen, F Jia, Z Yang - Composite structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents, for the first time, a unified wavelet finite element formulation for static
and free vibration analysis of laminated composite shells, combining the wavelet finite …

Free vibration analysis of composite laminated beams with curvilinear fibers via refined theories

B Daraei, S Shojaee… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, free vibration finite element analysis of variable stiffness composite laminate
(VSCL) beams is carried out. The variable stiffness of laminated beams is acquired by using …