Fabrication of lightweight structural panels through ultrasonic consolidation

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-241

  George, J ^a   Stucker, B ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite panel; Honeycomb; Lightweight panels; Sandwich panel; Ultrasonic consolidation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PANELS; HONEYCOMB; LIGHTWEIGHT PANELS; SANDWICH PANEL; ULTRASONIC CONSOLIDATION;

EXPERIMENTS; FABRICATION; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 59849113149     PISSN: 17452759     EISSN: 17452767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452750601106799     Document Type: Article

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