Free vibration of sandwich beams using the dynamic stiffness method

A numerical study of free and forced vibration of composite sandwich beam with viscoelastic core

Forced harmonic response of viscoelastic structures by an asymptotic numerical method

An amplitude equation for the non-linear vibration of viscoelastically damped sandwich beams

Gives a bibliographical review of the finite element analyses of sandwich structures from the theoretical as well as practical points of view. Both isotropic and composite materials are considered. Topics include: material and mechanical properties of sandwich structures; vibration, dynamic response and impact problems; heat transfer and thermomechanical responses; contact problems; fracture mechanics, fatigue and damage; stability problems; special finite elements developed for the analysis of sandwich structures; analysis of sandwich beams, plates, panels and shells; specific applications in various fields of engineering; other topics. The analysis of cellular solids is also included. The bibliography at the end of this paper contains 655 references to papers, conference proceedings and theses/dissertations dealing with presented subjects that were published between 1980 and 2001.

Richard A. Maddox

Papers

A finite element model for harmonically excited viscoelastic sandwich beams