Structural integrity of open-cell aluminium foam sandwich panels for lightweight wing structures

The overarching aim of this work was to concentrate on the mechanical modelling and experimental characterisation of novel open-cell aluminium foam core sandwich panels for prospective use as an airplane wing skin material. A repeating unit cell 2D FE model was created to assess the mechanical behav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Betts, Charles
Other Authors: Balint, Daniel : Lin, Jianguo
Published: Imperial College London 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631191