Mechanics of balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) wood

Balsa wood is one of the preferred core materials in structural sandwich panels, in applications ranging from wind turbine blades to boats and aircraft. Here, we investigate the mechanical behavior of balsa as a function of density, which varies from roughly 60 to 380 kg/m3. In axial compression, be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Borrega Sabate, Marc, Gibson, Lorna J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108580
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7559-7815