Compressive stiffness of elastic layers bonded between rigid plates

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3053-3069

  Tsai, Hsiang Chuan ^a   Lee, Chung Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; POISSON RATIO;

COMPRESSIVE STIFFNESS; ELASTIC LAYERS; RIGID PLATES;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 0032132046     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(97)00355-7     Document Type: Article

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