Compressive Failure of Fiber Composites

Advances in Applied Mechanics

Volumn 33, Issue C, 1997, Pages 43-117

  Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002617678     PISSN: 00652156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2156(08)70385-5     Document Type: Chapter

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