Toughening of low-weight foam-based composites

Various industries, incl. defense, aerospace and automotive, are spending large budgets on the development of lightweight materials. Especially, sandwich composites gain increasing attention due to their high strength-to-weight which allows for a structural weight reduction compared to conventional...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Erwin Merijn Wouterson
Other Authors: Hu Xiao
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/41435