Fatigue of closed cell foams

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 517-538

  Zenkert, Dan ^a   Shipsha, Andrey ^a   Burman, Magnus ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cellular materials; Crack propagation; Fatigue; Foam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750084759     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636206065886     Document Type: Conference Paper

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