Damage characteristics of composite honeycomb sandwich panels in bending under quasi-static loading

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-90

  Zhou, G ^a   Hill, M ^a   Loughlan, J ^a   Hookham, N ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Hexcel Composites   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite skins; Damage characteristics; Damage resistance; Honeycomb core; Sandwich panels

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644442653     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636206056888     Document Type: Article

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