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The analysis of the mathematical and mechanical properties of thermoelastic coupling tensors in anisotropic laminates is the topic of this paper. Some theoretical results concerning the compliance tensors are shown and their mechanical…
In the equivalent single layer theories of anisotropic laminates, the coupling tensor B describes the relation between the in- and out-of plane behavior of the plate. This tensor has some peculiar characteristics and in particular it is not…
This paper contains a set of theoretical results concerning the coupling tensor B of an anisotropic laminate and of its compliance corresponding B. The theoretical analysis and the mechanical results are obtained through an extensive use of…
The topic faced here is the modeling of an axisymmetric multilayer structure. An exact analytical formulation is proposed in the framework of the plane strain problem for a cylinder encircled by annular layers. Isotropic linear…
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