Metal sandwich plates with polymer foam-filled cores

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-127

  Vaziri, A ^a   Xue, Z ^a   Hutchinson, J W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folded plate cores; Honeycomb cores; Impulsive loads; Polymeric foams; Sandwich plates

Indexed keywords

FILLED POLYMERS; PLATE METAL; THERMAL INSULATION;

BUCKLING STRENGTH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; IMPULSIVE LOADS; POLYMERIC FOAMS; SANDWICH PLATES; SQUARE HONEYCOMBS; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL FOAMS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 85089945610     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2006.1.97     Document Type: Article

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