Damage tolerance of composite pressurized shells

37th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structure, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 2112-2121

  Chamis, Christos C ^a   Gotsis, Pascal K ^a   Minnetyan, Levon ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFECTS; FRACTURE; GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITES; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADS (FORCES); PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; BURST PRESSURES; COMPUTER CODES; DAMAGE INITIATION; DEFECT-FREE; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; THIN CYLINDRICAL SHELL; THIN-WALLED COMPOSITES;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

COMPOSITE PRESSURIZED SHELLS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; INTEGRATED COMPUTER CODE;

EID: 0029709795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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