Fatigue of foam core sandwich beams - 1: Undamaged specimens

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 551-561

  Burman, M ^a   Zenkert, D ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cellular foam; Crack growth; Crack initiation; Fatigue; Haigh diagram; Load ratio; PMI; PVC; Sandwich construction

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CURVE FITTING; FATIGUE TESTING; FOAMED PLASTICS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FOAM CORE SANDWICH BEAMS; HAIGH DIAGRAM; LOAD RATIO;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0031198870     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(97)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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