Mechanical tests for foldcore base material properties

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1941-1952

  Fischer, Sebastian ^a   Drechsler, Klaus ^a   Kilchert, Sebastian ^b   Johnson, Alastair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Aramid fibre; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); D. Mechanical testing; Foldcore

Indexed keywords

ARAMID FIBRE; ARAMID PAPER; BASE MATERIAL; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); FE-SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INPUT DATAS; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MATERIAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTS; TEST DATA; TEST PROGRAMME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; UNIT CELLS;

EXTRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MECHANICAL TESTING;

EID: 71749116896     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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