An improved analytical model for the elastic constants of auxetic and conventional hexagonal honeycombs

Cellular Polymers

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 287-310

  Grima, Joseph N ^a   Attard, Daphne ^a   Ellul, Brian ^a   Gatt, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CELLULAR SOLIDS; CURRENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FINITE THICKNESS; GAIN INSIGHT; HEXAGONAL HONEYCOMB; LENGTH RATIO;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 84855886916     PISSN: 02624893     EISSN: 14782421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026248931103000602     Document Type: Article

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