Effect of unequal face thickness on load resistance of sandwich beams

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-166

  Kim, Jongman ^a   Swanson, Stephen R ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization; Sandwich beams; Unequal face thickness

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CORE MATERIALS; LOAD RESISTANCE; SANDWICH BEAMS; UNEQUAL FACE THICKNESS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 2642528718     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636204030476     Document Type: Article

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