Analysis of in-plane elastic modulus for a hexagonal honeycomb core: Effect of core height and proposed analytical method

Composite Structures

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Chen, D H ^a   Ozaki, S ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equivalent elastic modulus; Finite element method; Height effect; Honeycomb; In plane deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; POISSON RATIO;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; CELL WALLS; EFFECT OF POISSON'S RATIOS; EQUIVALENT ELASTIC MODULUS; FEM ANALYSES; HEIGHT EFFECT; HEXAGONAL HONEYCOMB CORES; HONEYCOMB; HONEYCOMB CORES; IN-PLANE DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PLANE STRAINS;

ELASTIC MODULI;

DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

EID: 56949091329     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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