Free Vibrations of Sandwich Plates with Damaged Soft-Core and Non-Uniform Mechanical Properties: Modeling and Finite Element Analysis

The paper aims to investigate the natural frequencies of sandwich plates by means of a Finite Element (FE) formulation based on the Reissner-Mindlin Zig-zag (RMZ) theory. The structures are made of a damaged isotropic soft-core and two external stiffer orthotropic face-sheets. These skins are streng...

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Main Authors: Michele Bacciocchi, Raimondo Luciano, Carmelo Majorana, Angelo Marcello Tarantino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/15/2444