Assessment of foam fracture in sandwich beams using thermoelastic stress analysis
Dulieu-Barton, J.M., Berggreen, C. and Mettemberg, C. (2009) Assessment of foam fracture in sandwich beams using thermoelastic stress analysis. In, 17th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM17), Edinburgh, UK, 27 - 31 Jul 2009. London, UK, IOM Communications Ltd.10pp.
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Description/Abstract
Thermoelastic Stress Analysis (TSA) has been well established for determining crack-tip parameters in metallic materials. This paper examines its ability to determine accurately the crack-tip parameters for PVC foam used in sandwich structures.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Composite sandwich structures, RFI, TSA, full scale testing, PVC foam |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Engineering Sciences University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Engineering Sciences > Fluid-Structure Interactions |
| Item ID: | 68658 |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2012 12:30 |
| Contributors: | Dulieu-Barton, J.M. (Author) Berggreen, C. (Author) Mettemberg, C. (Author) |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | IOM Communications Ltd. |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/68658 |
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