Branching behavior in the nonlinear response of sandwich panels with a transversely flexible core

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 37, Issue 40, 2000, Pages 5745-5772

  Sokolinsky, V ^a   Frostig, Y ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Edge beams; Geometrically nonlinear analysis; Limit points; Localized buckling modes; Sandwich panels; Secondary bifurcations; Transversely flexible core

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LIMIT POINTS; LOCALIZED BUCKLING;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 0033701530     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(99)00232-2     Document Type: Article

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