Influence of imperfections on the performance of metal foam core sandwich panels

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4999-5012

  Bart Smith, H ^a   Hutchinson, J W ^b   Fleck, N A ^c   Evans, A G ^d  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Four point bending; Mechanisms maps; Metallic foams; Sandwich panels

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); DEFECTS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDENTATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

METALLIC FOAM CORES; SANDWICH PANELS;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

BENDING;

EID: 0036749107     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(02)00250-0     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. The plastic collapse of sandwich beams with a metallic foam core
2. Measurement and analysis of the structural performance of cellular metal sandwich construction
3. Failure of sandwich beams with metallic foam cores
4. Isotropic constitutive models for metallic foams