On the minimum weights of compression structures

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3677-3708

  Budiansky, Bernard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

COMPRESSION STRUCTURES; FOAM CORE SANDWICHES; MINIMUM WEIGHTS; STRUCTURAL INDICES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032680462     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(98)00169-3     Document Type: Article

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