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Introduction

  • Belarusian State University
  • Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

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Abstract

Laminates and sandwiches belong to lightweight structures of rather thin cross sections in comparison with the other structural dimensions. Both have a layered structure. The first one are composed of many layers (in modern structures up to 40 - 60) each of them have as usual the same thickness and properties. The second one are composed of three layers and in classical applications the outer layers are made of uniform (homogeneous) materials, while the inner layer consists either of a soft, relatively continuous material (different foams) or of a structurally complicated, inhomogeneous material (cellular fillers, corrugations). However, in multilayered structures each layer is a composite material itself. A short introduction into the modelling of composite structures is given in Chapt. 1. In Sect. 1.1 some general formulation approaches of plate and shell theories are presented. In Sect. 1.2 an introduction to composite modelling is given. Section 1.3 is devoted to modeling of laminated and sandwich plates and shells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-28
Number of pages28
JournalAdvanced Structured Materials
Volume106
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

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