Design of sandwich structures under contact loading

Composite Structures

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-413

  Swanson, Stephen R ^a   Kim, Jongman ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FOAMS; INDENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; STRESSES; CARBON; ELASTICITY; LOADING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BEND TEST; SANDWICH BEAMS; STRENGTH PROPERTIES; SURFACE TRACTION; CONTACT LOADING;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE; DESIGN; CARBON; LOADING; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0036488047     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00248-9     Document Type: Article

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