Effect of face-sheet anisotropy on buckling and postbuckling of sandwich plates

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-341

  Hause, Terry ^a   Johnson, Theodore F ^b   Librescu, Liviu ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TENSILE STRESS;

SANDWICH FLAT PLATES;

REUSABLE ROCKETS;

EID: 0033686377     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3583     Document Type: Article

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