Size effects in metal foam cores for sandwich structures

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 4973-4982

  Rakow, Joseph F ^a   Waas, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM FOAM; METAL FOAM CORES; SHEAR STIFFNESS; SIZE EFFECTS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0042477752     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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