Integrity of sandwich panels and beams with truss-reinforced cores

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 111-117

  Kocher, C ^a   Watson, W ^a   Gomez, M ^a   Gonzalez, I ^a   Birman, V ^b  

^a Design Optimization Technologies   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beams; Core; Sandwich panels; Stability; Trusses

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; HALF-WAVES; PIN-CORE INTERFACES; TRUSS-REINFORCED CORES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRUSSES;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 4544298505     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2002)15:3(111)     Document Type: Article

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