Indentation failure analysis of sandwich beams

Composite Structures

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-318

  Petras, A ^a   Sutcliffe, M P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SANDWICH BEAMS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0034325503     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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