A comparison of the structural response of clamped and simply supported sandwich beams with aluminium faces and a metal foam core

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 408-417

  Tagarielli, V L ^a   Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEET METAL;

FACE SHEETS; METAL FOAM; SANDWICH BEAMS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444433509     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1875432     Document Type: Article

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