Flexural stiffness envelopes for planar multilayered systems containing two dissimilar materials

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Smith, D J ^a   Partridge, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissimilar materials; Flexural stiffness; Layered systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041893874     PISSN: 14644207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146442079921300101     Document Type: Article

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