Energy absorption of composite tubes and plates

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

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 419-426

  Dubey, Dean D ^a   Vizzini, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; CRACK INITIATION; CRUSHING; GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LOADS (FORCES); MATERIALS TESTING; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESSES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPOSITE TUBE; END CONDITIONS; FLAT PLATE; PER UNIT; QUASI-STATIC CONDITIONS; SPECIMEN WIDTH; TRUNCATED CONE; TUBE GEOMETRY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE PLATES; COMPOSITE TUBES; GRAPHITE EPOXY; SPECIFIC SUSTAINED CRUSHING STRESS; TESTING FIXTURE;

EID: 0029714095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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