Prediction of the damping properties of fiber-reinforced polymer composite panels with arbitrary geometries

In this work, the modal damping of multilayered, fiber-reinforced polymer composite laminates with an arbitrary geometry have been computed using a mixed finite element-meshless method. The meshless node distribution scheme is used in conjunction with the Lagrangian quadrilateral interpolating functions to ensure the continuity of interelemental displacements. Furthermore, since the distribution of the elements is not confined to the geometry of...