Shear mechanical characterization of balsa wood as core material of composite sandwich panels

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-238

  Osei Antwi, Michael ^a   De Castro, Julia ^a   Vassilopoulos, Anastasios P ^a   Keller, Thomas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adhesive joints; Balsa wood; Ductility; Iosipescu method; Shear stiffness; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SANDWICH PANELS; CORE MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; IOSIPESCU METHOD; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MIDDLE LAMELLA; SHEAR PLANE; SHEAR STIFFNESS; WOOD PANELS;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; COREMAKING; DUCTILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84872284720     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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