Improving delamination resistance capacity of sandwich composite columns with initial face/core debond

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1604-1612

  Mitra, N ^a   Raja, B R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Foams; B. Delamination; C. Numerical analysis; D. Mechanical testing; Shear key

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FACES; DELAMINATION RESISTANCE; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; E-GLASS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FACE SHEETS; FOAM CORE; GLOBAL RESPONSE; IN-PLANE COMPRESSIVE LOADING; LOW DENSITY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDIES; OUT-OF-PLANE; PVC FOAM; SANDWICH COMPOSITE PANELS; SANDWICH COMPOSITES; SHEAR KEY;

MECHANICAL TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

DELAMINATION;

EID: 84858158400     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.11.039     Document Type: Article

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