Estimation of fatigue curves for design of composite laminates

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 485-491

  Ronold, Knut O ^a   Echtermeyer, Andreas T ^a  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Composite laminates; Design; Fatigue curves

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAPHIC METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; FATIGUE CURVES; TOLERANCE BOUNDS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0029713344     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-835X(95)00068-D     Document Type: Article

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