Overview
- Unique in its focus on Structural Integrity, Failure Mechanics and Failure Mechanisms and the Damage Tolerance of Sandwich Structures
- Also deals with traditional Structural Behavior of Sandwich Structures
- Book by two respected leaders in their field
Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications (SMIA, volume 121)
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"Structural and Failure Mechanics of Sandwich Composites" by Leif A. Carlsson and George A. Kardomateas focuses on some important deformation and failure modes of sandwich panels such as global buckling, wrinkling and local instabilities, and face/core debonding. The book also provides the mechanics background necessary for understanding deformation and failure mechanisms in sandwich panels and the response of sandwich structural parts to a variety of loadings. Specifically, first-order and high-order sandwich panel theories, and three-dimensional elasticity solutions for the structural behavior outlined in some detail. Elasticity analysis can serve as a benchmark for judging the accuracy of simplified sandwich plate, shell and beam theories. Furthermore, the book reviews test methods developed for the characterization of the constituent face and core materials, and sandwich beams and plates. The characterization of face/core debonding is a major topic of this text, and analysis methods based on fracture mechanics are described and applied to several contemporary test specimens. Test methods and results documented in the literature are included and discussed. The book will benefit structural and materials engineers and researchers with the desire to learn more about structural behavior, failure mechanisms, fracture mechanics and damage tolerance of sandwich structures.
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Book Title: Structural and Failure Mechanics of Sandwich Composites
Authors: L.A. Carlsson, G.A. Kardomateas
Series Title: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3225-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3224-0Published: 06 May 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3598-9Published: 15 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3225-7Published: 26 April 2011
Series ISSN: 0925-0042
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7764
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 386
Topics: Solid Mechanics