J. N. Reddy

TL;DR: In this article, a new beam model based on a 5-parameter displacement field, accounting for an enhanced kinematics and able to reproduce the Poisson effect, is proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present examples of misattributes (i.e., theories and models that bear some one's name while the idea belongs to someone else) and misnomers (i., words or phrases that are either incorrect or inaccurate) to the attention of the colleagues in the field, and correct them so that these incorrect phrases and attributions and Misnomers are not repeated in the future writings.

TL;DR: In this article, a pseudo spectral approach based on Legendre Basis Functions (LBF) is developed for geometrically nonlinear analysis of laminated composite plates with and without geometric imperfections.

Abstract: Abstract In this paper the thermo-mechanical response of functionally graded plates and shells is studied using a continuum shell finite element model with high-order spectral/hp basis functions. The shell element is based on the seven-parameter first-order shear deformation theory, and it does not utilize reduced integration or stabilization ideas and yet exhibits no locking. The static and dynamic response of functionally graded shells, with power-law variation of the constituents, under mechanical and thermal loads is investigated by varying the volume fraction of the constituents. Numerical results for deflections and stresses are presented and compared with available analytical and finite element results from the literature. The performance of the shell element for transient thermal problems is found to be excellent.