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A Finite Element Formulation For The Large Deflection Random Response Of Thermally Buckled Structures, James Eugene Locke
A Finite Element Formulation For The Large Deflection Random Response Of Thermally Buckled Structures, James Eugene Locke
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The effects of temperature and acoustic loading are included in a theoretical finite element large deflection formulation for thin, isotropic plate and beam type structures. Thermal loads are applied as steady-state temperature distributions, and acoustic loads are taken to be stationary and Gaussian with zero mean and uniform magnitude and phase over the surface of the structure. Material properties are considered to be independent of temperature. Also, inplane and rotary inertia terms are assumed to be neglegible, and all inplane edge conditions are taken to be immovable. For the random vibration analysis, cross correlation terms are included.
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