Experimental and numerical analysis of composite folded sandwich core structures under compression

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 363-377

  Heimbs, S ^a   Middendorf, P ^a   Kilchert, S ^b   Johnson, A F ^b   Maier, M ^c  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compression testing; Folded core; Numerical simulation; Sandwich structures

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CELL GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; CELL WALL BUCKLING; FOLDED CORE STRUCTURES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 41149118371     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-008-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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