Size effect on strength of laminate-foam sandwich plates

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 366-374

  Bažant, Zdeněk P ^a,b   Zhou, Yong ^b,d   Daniel, Isaac M ^a,b   Caner, Ferhun C ^c,e   Yu, Qiang ^b  

^a ASME   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FOAMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (LEFM); QUASIBRITTLE MATERIALS; UNNOTCHED SANDWICH BEAMS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 33644844675     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2194557     Document Type: Article

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