Elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio determination of micro-lattice cellular structures by analytical, numerical and homogenisation methods

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 597-626

  Ptochos, Evangelos ^a   Labeas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

cellular core; Cellular material; elastic modulus; elasticity matrix; homogenisation; stiffness matrix

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

BODY-CENTERED CUBIC; CELLULAR CORE; CELLULAR MATERIAL; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; LATTICE STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS COEFFICIENTS; TIMOSHENKO BEAM THEORY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84871759733     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636212444285     Document Type: Article

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