The effect of pin reinforcement upon the through-thickness compressive strength of foam-cored sandwich panels

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2401-2409

  Cartié, Denis D ^a   Fleck, Norman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibres; B. Mechanical properties; B. Modelling; C. Buckling; C. Sandwich

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TITANIUM;

PIN REINFORCEMENT;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

BUCKLING; CARBON FIBER; COMPRESSION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRENGTH; THICKNESS;

EID: 0242657280     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00273-2     Document Type: Article

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