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sandwich shell

sandwich shell noun: a structure consisting of a core (which can be foam or solid, honeycomb, web, corrugated or truss) sandwiched between two thinner outer layers, often made of metal or composite.

Noun

sandwich shell (plural sandwich shells)

  1. A structure consisting of a core (which can be foam or solid, honeycomb, web, corrugated or truss) sandwiched between two thinner outer layers, often made of metal or composite.
    • In sandwich shells, because of their initial curvature, bending moments (stress couples) give rise to transverse normal stresses in the core.2018, Jack R. Vinson, The Behavior of Sandwich Structures of Isotropic and Composite Materials, page 320

Forms of sandwich shell

pluralsandwich shells

Questions about sandwich shell

What does sandwich shell mean?
Sandwich shell means a structure consisting of a core (which can be foam or solid, honeycomb, web, corrugated or truss) sandwiched between two thinner outer layers, often made of metal or composite.
What part of speech is sandwich shell?
Sandwich shell is a noun.
What is the plural of sandwich shell?
The plural of sandwich shell is sandwich shells.

Words near sandwich shell in the dictionary

  1. sandwich papers
  2. sandwich pick
  3. sandwich picks
  4. sandwich round
  5. sandwich rounds
  6. sandwich shell
  7. sandwich shells
  8. sandwich spread
  9. sandwich spreads
  10. sandwich sudoku
  11. sandwich sudokus

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