Fatigue performance of sandwich beams with a pyramidal core

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1402-1412

  Cote F ^a   Fleck, N A ^a   Deshpande, V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Pyramidal core; Sandwich panels; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STAINLESS STEEL;

CYCLIC STRENGTHS; PYRAMIDAL CORES; SANDWICH BEAMS; SANDWICH PANELS;

STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 33947683891     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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