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A new method is proposed for effective analysis of laminated plates incorporating accurate through-the-thickness distribution of displacements, strains and stresses in the finite element formulation. It is a two-step analysis procedure. In the first step, displacements are obtained using a post-processing procedure based on the three-dimensional stress equilibrium equations and the thermoelasticity equations, from the results of FSDT finite element analysis. In the second step, the higher-order through-the-thickness distribution of displacements are reflected on the subsequent finite element analysis. The effectiveness of the present approach for the analysis of laminated plates is shown by numerical examples.
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Received: 13 September 2001 / Accepted: 23 May 2002
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Park, J., Kim, Y. Re-analysis procedure for laminated plates using FSDT finite element model. Computational Mechanics 29, 226–242 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-002-0336-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-002-0336-9