Composite skin elastic constants from monolithic in-plane specimens and bonded out-of-plane specimens

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-259

  Toftegaard, Helmuth ^a   Goutianos, Stergios ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bonded specimen; Finite element analysis; Materials testing; Out of plane elastic constants; Skin laminate

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS TESTING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

ADHESIVE LAYERS; OUT-OF-PLANE ELASTIC CONSTANTS; SKIN LAMINATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 34247595375     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636207066310     Document Type: Article

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