Evaluating bending fatigue strength of aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams using local parameters

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1103-1114

  Jen, Yi Ming ^a   Chang, Li Yen ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bending; Debonding; Fatigue; Honeycomb; Sandwich beam

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENDING STRENGTH; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHEAR STRESS;

HONEYCOMB SANDWICH BEAMS; PEELING STRESS;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 40649118767     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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