Impact of composite structures - The momentum balance method

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1068-1087

  Christoforou, A P ^a   Yigit, A S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; IMPACT RESISTANCE; IMPULSE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CONTACT LAW; MOMENTUM BALANCE METHOD; RESTITUTION COEFFICIENT; TRANSVERSE IMPACT;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0029695340     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839603001001     Document Type: Article

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