Micromechanical modeling of honeycomb structures based on a modified couple stress theory

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 574-593

  Park, S K ^a,b   Gao, X L ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b JP Kenny   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple stress theory; Effective elastic property; Honeycomb; Length scale parameter; Micromechanics; Repeating unit; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

COUPLE STRESS THEORY; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC PROPERTY; HONEYCOMB; LENGTH SCALE PARAMETER; REPEATING UNIT;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MICROMECHANICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 57249111755     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490802470499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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