Size effects in metal foam cores for sandwich structures

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1331-1337

  Rakow, Joseph F ^a,b   Waas, Anthony M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

ALUMINUM FOAM; LINEAR RESPONSE; OPTICAL TECHNIQUES; SHEAR RESPONSE;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 3342905334     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.4839     Document Type: Article

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