Through-the-thickness tension strength of 3-D braided composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-68

  Avva, Vishnu S ^a   Allen, Harold G ^a   Shivakumar, Kunigal N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRAPHITE FIBERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRAIDED COMPOSITES; EQUIVALENT LAMINATE; TEXTILE COMPOSITES; UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES;

TEXTILES;

EID: 0029772695     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839603000104     Document Type: Article

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