Experimental investigation of static and fatigue behaviour of composites honeycomb materials using four point bending tests

Composite Structures

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Belouettar, S ^a   Abbadi, A ^a,b   Azari, Z ^b   Belouettar, R ^c   Freres, P ^d  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^d Euro Composites   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Aluminium honeycomb; Aramide fibres; Damage; Fatigue; Sandwich beam

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CLADDING; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING TESTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LIGHT METALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; TESTING;

ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB; ARAMIDE; ARAMIDE FIBRES; CELL ORIENTATION; CORE DENSITIES; DAMAGE; DAMAGE AND FAILURE; DAMAGE PROCESSES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FATIGUE; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; FATIGUE-LIFE; FOUR-POINT BENDING TESTS; HONEYCOMB MATERIALS; HONEYCOMB SANDWICH; LOCAL PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM LOADS; SANDWICH BEAM; SANDWICH COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ARAMID FIBER; BENDING; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 53049096566     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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