Predicting the buckling load of anisotropic sandwich panels: An approach including shear deformation of the faces

Composite Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-255

  Hadi, B K ^a   Matthews, F L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; BUCKLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FACE LAY-UP;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 0032108317     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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