Mechanics of integral armor: Discontinuous ceramic-cored sandwich structure under tension and shear

Composite Structures

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 81-90

  Huang, X G ^a   Gillespie Jr , J W ^a   Kumar, V ^b   Gavin, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UDLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary energy; Finite element analysis; Inplane shear; Integral sandwich structure; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ARMOR; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

INTEGRAL ARMOR SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030231139     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(96)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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