Examination of the failure of sandwich beams with core junctions subjected to in-plane tensile loading

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1447-1457

  Johannes, M ^a   Jakobsen, J ^a   Thomsen, O T ^a   Bozhevolnaya, E ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

B. Fatigue; C. Failure criterion; C. Sandwich structures; C. Stress concentrations; Core junctions

Indexed keywords

B. FATIGUE; C. FAILURE CRITERION; C. SANDWICH STRUCTURES; C. STRESS CONCENTRATIONS; CORE JUNCTIONS;

ALUMINUM; COREMAKING; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; MATERIALS; PLASTIC SHEETS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TESTING;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LOADING (TESTING); MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 67349152302     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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