Effective elastic properties of foam-filled honeycomb cores of sandwich panels

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2890-2900

  Burlayenko, V N ^a   Sadowski, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Foam filled honeycomb; Homogenization technique; Unit cell approach

Indexed keywords

3D-FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ALUMINUM HONEYCOMB; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC PROPERTY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FE-MODELLING; HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES; HONEYCOMB CELLS; HONEYCOMB CORE; LOCAL STRESS; SANDWICH MATERIALS; SANDWICH PANEL; SKIN/CORE; SOFTWARE ABAQUS; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; STRESS PREDICTION; UNIT CELL APPROACH;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELASTICITY; FILLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

ELASTIC PROPERTY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOAM; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954214388     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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