The response of sandwich panels with rigid polyurethane foam cores under flexural loading

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1082-1088

  Mirzapour, Asad ^a   Beheshty, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Vafayan, Mehdi ^a  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Debonding strength; Failure mode; Flexural; Polyurethane foam; Sandwich structure

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DEBONDING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FOAMED PLASTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYURETHANES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

CORE-FACE INTERFACE; DEBONDING STRENGTH; POLYURETHANE (PU) FOAM;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 31544472320     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 10261265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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