Design optimization of foam-reinforced corrugated sandwich beams

Composite Structures

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-62

  Han, Bin ^a   Qin, Ke Ke ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Zhang, Qian Cheng ^a   Chen, Chang Qing ^b   Lu, Tian Jian ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Foam reinforced corrugated sandwich; Minimum mass; Three point bending

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FILLED POLYMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; REINFORCEMENT; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC CONSTANTS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MICROMECHANICS-BASED MODELING; MINIMUM MASS; STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCIES; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS; THREE POINT BENDING;

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EID: 84928143573     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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