Formulation of an adaptive sandwich beam

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 822-823

  Zhang, X D ^a   Sun, C T ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ADAPTIVE SANDWICH STRUCTURE; CANTILEVER BEAM;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030385761     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/5/6/012     Document Type: Article

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