FEM analysis of dynamic flexural behaviour of composite sandwich beams with foam core

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2285-2291

  Ivañez, Inés ^a   Santiuste, Carlos ^a   Sanchez Saez, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite sandwich beams; Dynamic bending tests; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED ENERGY; COMPOSITE FACES; COMPOSITE SANDWICH BEAM; CONTACT FORCES; DYNAMIC BENDING TEST; FEM ANALYSIS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; FOAM CORE; MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; SANDWICH BEAMS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BENDING TESTS;

BENDING; COMPOSITE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TESTING;

EID: 77950857481     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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