A Sublaminate Generalized Unified Formulation for the analysis of composite structures

This paper presents a very flexible variable kinematics modeling technique for composite structures. The key point is the subdivision of the multilayered cross-section into numerical sublaminates, each consisting of one or more physical plies, and the formulation of model assumptions independently in each sublaminate according to the compact index notation known as Generalized Unified Formulation. Reference is made to the classical...