Material selection in sandwich beam construction

Scripta Materialia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1335-1339

  Steeves, Craig A ^a   Fleck, Norman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Beam; Bending; Optimisation; Sandwich materials

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; INDENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; BEAM; BENDING;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 1642332502     PISSN: 13596462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2004.02.015     Document Type: Article

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