Transverse shear stiffness of composite honeycomb cores and efficiency of material

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-172

  Qiao, Pizhong ^a   Wang, Jialai ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GEOMETRIC RATIOS; HONEYCOMB CORES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; SHEAR STIFFNESS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 27944435276     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490590913576     Document Type: Article

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