Plastic collapse of sandwich beams with a metallic foam core

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1483-1506

  Chen, C ^a   Harte, A M ^a   Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

METALLIC FOAMS; PLASTIC COLLAPSE;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0035372153     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7403(00)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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