Mechanical behavior and damage tolerance tests of composites through-thickness stitched foam sandwich panels

Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Zheng, Xitao ^a   Sun, Qin ^b   Li, Ye ^b   Chai, Yanan ^b   Cao, Zhenghua ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AIRCRAFT STRENGTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^c Aeronautical Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing Technologies   (China)

Author keywords

Composites; Damage tolerance; Foam core sandwich panel; Low cost; Structural efficiency; Through thickness stitching

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FITS AND TOLERANCES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FOAM CORE SANDWICH PANEL; LOW-COST; STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY; THROUGH-THICKNESS STITCHING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33846383806     PISSN: 10003851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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