In this section can be found some APPs based on the Carrera Unified Formulation. The Navier closed-form solution for static and dynamic problems can be obtained for a range of kinematic models.
Shell and plate elements, as well as isotropic and orthotropic material, can be considered.
System Requirements: WINDOWS
STATIC ANALYSIS
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
More information about the theoretical approach can be found in:
Carrera E., Ciuffreda A.. "Bending of composites and sandwich plates subjected to localized lateral loadings: a comparison of various theories", Composite Structures (2005), 68, pp. 185-202
Carrera E., Ciuffreda A.. "A unified formulation to asses theories of multilayered plates for various bending problems", Composite Structures (2005), 69, pp. 271-293
D'Ottavio M., Ballhause D., Kroplin B., Carrera E.. "Closed-form solutions for the free-vibration problem of multilayered piezoelectric shells", Computers and Structures (2006), 84, pp. 1506-1518
Carrera E., Cinefra M., Petrolo M., Zappino E. (2014) Finite Element Analysis of Structures through Unified Formulation. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 978-1-119-94121-7
Carrera E., Giunta G., Petrolo M. (2011) Beam Structures: Classical and Advanced Theories. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 9780470972007
Carrera E., Brischetto S., Nali P. (2011) Plates and Shells for Smart Structures: Classical and Advanced Theories for Modeling and Analysis. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 9780470971208