Shear modulus determination of cuboid metallic open-lattice cellular structures by analytical, numerical and homogenisation methods

Strain

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 415-429

  Ptochos, E ^a   Labeas, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

cellular core; cellular material; elasticity matrix; homogenisation; shear modulus; shear property; stiffness matrix

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; BEAM THEORIES; BLOCK STRUCTURES; CELLULAR CORE; CELLULAR MATERIAL; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; COMPLEX LOADING; CORE SHEAR; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HOMOGENISATION; NUMBER OF UNIT CELLS; PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS; SHAPE AND SIZE; SHEAR PROPERTIES; SHEAR RESPONSE; UNIT CELLS;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; LOADING; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUTS;

SHEAR STRAIN;

EID: 84866735676     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: 14751305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2012.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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