Effect of the interface stiffness and skin-core adhesion efficiency on the interfacial stress distribution of sandwich structures

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1099-1106

  Papanicolaou, G C ^a   Bakos, D J ^a   Kosmidou, Th V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Layered structures; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interphase; C. Analytical modeling; C. Micro mechanics

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ELASTIC MODULI; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ANALYTICAL MODELING; INTERFACE STIFFNESS; INTERPHASE; LAYERED STRUCTURES;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 33846248325     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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