Microstructural aspects and modeling of failure in naturally occurring porous composites

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 523-536

  Vural, M ^a,b   Ravichandran, G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Balsa wood; Compressive strength; Failure mode transition; Kink band; Plastic buckling; Sandwich core materials

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; LOAD TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN RATE; WOOD;

POROUS COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; MICROSTRUCTURE; OCHROMA; POROUS MATERIALS; STRAINS; WOOD;

EID: 0037342451     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(02)00268-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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