Prediction of compressive toughness for fibre composites

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 452, Issue 1954, 1996, Pages 2443-2465

  Sutcliffe, M P F ^a   Fleck, N A ^a   Xin, X J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001499294     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1996.0131     Document Type: Article

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