Elastic constants of 3-, 4- and 6-connected chiral and anti-chiral honeycombs subject to uniaxial in-plane loading

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1042-1048

  Alderson, A ^a   Alderson, K L ^a   Attard, D ^b   Evans, K E ^c   Gatt, R ^b   Grima, J N ^b   Miller, W ^c   Ravirala, N ^a   Smith, C W ^c   Zied, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Elastic properties; Finite element analysis (FEA); Mechanical properties; Smart materials

Indexed keywords

CONNECTED SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IN-PLANE; INPLANE LOADING; LINEAR ELASTIC; NEGATIVE POISSON'S RATIOS; SMART MATERIALS; UNI-AXIAL LOADING;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFORMATION; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTICITY; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; JOB ANALYSIS; LIGAMENTS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POISSON RATIO; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CYLINDER; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952880436     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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