Failure mode investigation of sandwich beams with functionally graded core

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-330

  Ávila, Antonio F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Failure mode maps; Functionally graded materials; Sandwich; Stress strain curves

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; YIELD STRESS;

CORE FAILURE; CORE LAYER STACKING SEQUENCE; FAILURE MODE CRITERION; NORMAL WRINKLING STRESS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC; PREDICTIVE MODEL; STRESS; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 34250777356     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.08.030     Document Type: Article

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