The effect of core thickness on the flexural behaviour of aluminium foam sandwich structures

Composite Structures

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 532-538

  Styles, M ^a   Compston, P ^a   Kalyanasundaram, S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminium foam; Deformation; Flexural loading; Sandwich; Strain distribution

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENDING STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

ALUMINIUM FOAM SANDWICH STRUCTURES; CORE INDENTATION;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

BENDING; COMPOSITE; CRACKING; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOAM; FRACTURE; LOADING (TESTING); METAL; STRAIN; THERMOPLASTIC PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 33847654785     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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