Cork agglomerates as an ideal core material in lightweight structures

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 425-432

  Castro, Osvaldo ^a   Silva, José M ^a   Devezas, Tessaleno ^a   Silva, Arlindo ^b   Gil, Luís ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c INETI Unidade de Tecnologia da Cortiça   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cork agglomerates; Flexural strength; Impact; Sandwich structures

Indexed keywords

BONDING PROCEDURE; CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; CORE MATERIAL; CORK AGGLOMERATES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; GRANULE SIZE; IMPACT; IMPACT TEST; LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; PRODUCTION VARIABLES; STATIC BENDING TESTS;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; BENDING STRENGTH; BENDING TESTS; COREMAKING; IMPACT STRENGTH; LIGHT WEIGHT EQUIPMENT; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 69549121745     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.05.039     Document Type: Article

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