Sandwich-fabric panels as spacers in a constrained layer structural damping application

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-19

  Van Vuure, A W ^a,c   Verpoest, I ^a   Ko, F K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Layered structures; B. Internal friction damping; C. Finite element analysis; Sandwich material

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERNAL FRICTION; MULTILAYERS;

LAYERED STRUCTURES; SANDWICH MATERIAL;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 0006218060     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(00)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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