Fig. 21 of the "sandwich" PowerPoint presentation, 1997.sandwichppt, of the 1997 sandwich paper. Shown here is an axially compressed sandwich plate showing length and width, simple-support (s. s.) boundary conditions, and decision variables, t1, t2, t3, tc, s for optimization by PANDA2.
(Discussed in: AIAA 38th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, AIAA Paper 97-1142)
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