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Nonlinear Bending Study of Composite Singly Curved Stiffened Shells with Complicated Boundary Conditions

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The nonlinear bending of transversely loaded thin cylindrical stiffened shell from laminated composite was not investigated in the literature for complicated boundary conditions. The paper aims to fill this gap. A C0 isoparametric finite-element code combining the von Karman nonlinear strains and the first-order shear deformation theory is proposed. Shell strains are studied for various laminations and boundary conditions with nonuniform support restrains and stiffener orientations.

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Bakshi, K. Nonlinear Bending Study of Composite Singly Curved Stiffened Shells with Complicated Boundary Conditions. Mech Compos Mater 59, 659–676 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-023-10123-9

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