Investigations on sandwich core properties through an experimental- numerical approach

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 361-374

  Giglio, M ^a   Manes, A ^a   Gilioli, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Honeycomb; B. Mechanical properties; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

A. HONEYCOMB; AEROSPACE FIELD; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FLEXIBLE TOOL; HONEYCOMB CORE; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RECIPROCAL EFFECTS; SANDWICH PANEL; VIRTUAL TESTS;

CRUSHING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 84856457650     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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