Impact analysis of fiber reinforced polymer honeycomb composite sandwich beams

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 739-750

  Qiao, Pizhong ^a   Yang, Mijia ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Impact behavior; B. Vibration; C. Analytical modeling; Sandwich structures

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LAMINATES; OPTIMIZATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ANALYTICAL MODELING; IMPACT ANALYSIS; SINUSOIDAL CORE GEOMETRY;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 34047125970     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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