Dynamic characteristics and effective stiffness properties of honeycomb composite sandwich structures for highway bridge applications

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-160

  Lestari, Wahyu ^a   Qiao, Pizhong ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges, highway; Composite beams; Dynamic tests; Frequency; Honeycomb structures; Sandwich structures; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES, HIGHWAY; DYNAMIC TESTS; POLYESTER RESINS; SHEAR STIFFNESS PROPERTIES;

BRIDGES; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FREQUENCIES; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; RESINS; STIFFNESS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 33745640505     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2006)10:2(148)     Document Type: Article

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