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Plane finite element for static and free vibration analysis of sandwich plates

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Triangular sandwich finite elements (MPLW30) with 30 DOF have been developed for the static and free vibration analysis of sandwich plates with thin faces and low core shear modules. The results of numerical examples presented here demonstrate the accuracy and suitability of the formulations for the analysis of sandwich plates with kH > 25 and kE > 200.

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  1. CAD Center, Riga Technical University, Latvia LV-1047, S-371 82, Karlskronavarvet AB, Karlskrona, Sweden

    A. Chate & K. Mäkinen

  2. Department of Lightweight Structures, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden

    A. Chate & K. Mäkinen

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Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp 238–248, March–April, 1994.

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Chate, A., Mäkinen, K. Plane finite element for static and free vibration analysis of sandwich plates. Mech Compos Mater 30, 168–176 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00635849

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