The applicability of the effective medium theory to the dynamics of cellular beams

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 598-608

  Banerjee, Sourish ^a   Bhaskar, Atul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular solids; Structural vibration

Indexed keywords

AREA FRACTION; BREAK DOWN; CELL SIZE; CELL WALLS; CELLULAR BEAMS; CELLULAR NETWORK; CELLULAR SOLIDS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FLEXURAL MODES; HEXAGONAL CELLS; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; INHERENT FLEXIBILITY; MODAL DENSITY; MODE NUMBER; SIZE AND SHAPE; STRUCTURAL VIBRATION;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 68049116919     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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