Plastic deformation, failure and energy absorption of sandwich structures with metallic cellular cores

International Journal of Protective Structures

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-541

  Zhu, Feng ^a   Lu, Guoxing ^b   Ruan, Dong ^c   Wang, Zhihua ^d  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular Materials; Energy Absorption; Failure; Plastic Deformation; Sandwich Structures

Indexed keywords

AERONAUTICAL DESIGN; AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING; CELLULAR MATERIAL; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPABILITY; LARGE PLASTIC DEFORMATION; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; LOADING CONDITION; PERIODIC MICROSTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FOAMS; METALS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84857062006     PISSN: 20414196     EISSN: 2041420X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/2041-4196.1.4.507     Document Type: Article

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