Rapid intense heating of composite laminates due to direct energy weapons will induce strong thermal gradients that in turn produce dynamic stresses in the form of wave motion. the objective of this research is to develop a mindlin plate finite element program for analysis of the dynamic behavior in… More

Major technological advances in material engineering will be required in order to meet the increasingly stringent constraints of high stiffness and low weight structural materials for aerospace vehicles. significant effort is being spent on developing new exotic metal alloys and composite materials… More