Buckling of thick-section composite pressure hulls

Composite Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-20

  Graham, Derek ^a  

^a DRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HULLS (SHIP); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER; COMPOSITE PRESSURE HULLS; GLASS REINFORCED POLYMER; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030145909     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0263-8223(96)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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