The Tilted Sandwich Debond (TSD) specimen for face/core interface fracture characterization

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-75

  Li, Xiaoming ^b   Carlsson, Leif A ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001878461     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109963629900100104     Document Type: Article

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