The Effect of Elastic Foundations on the Buckling Behavior of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composite Plates in Thermal Environments Using a Meshfree Method

Subject Areas : Engineering

Sh Shams ¹ , B Soltani ² , M Memar Ardestani ³

1 - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kashan
2 - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kashan
3 - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kashan

Received: 2016-02-05 Accepted : 2016-03-26 Published : 2016-06-30

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