Analytical and experimental studies of composite isogrid structures with integral passive damping

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-143

  Chen, Yu ^a   Gibson, Ronald F ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DAMPING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYPROPYLENES; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

PASSIVE DAMPING;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0038580832     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490306734     Document Type: Article

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