Stiffness and failure behaviour of folded sandwich cores under combined transverse shear and compression

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1288-1295

  Kintscher, M ^a   Karger L ^a   Wetzel, A ^a   Hartung, D ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. Transverse cracking; C. Damage mechanics; D. Mechanical testing; Sandwich core

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL TESTING; STIFFNESS;

COMPRESSION LOADS; FOLDED CORES; SANDWICH CORE; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 33947239388     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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