Free Vibration Analysis of Variable Stiffness Composite Laminates with Flat and Folded Shapes

Subject Areas : Engineering

B Daraei ¹ , S Hatami ²

1 - Civil Engineering Department, Yasouj University
2 - Civil Engineering Department, Yasouj University

Received: 2016-06-27 Accepted : 2016-08-29 Published : 2016-09-20

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