Damage-monitoring in composite laminates by piezoelectric films

Computers and Structures

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 623-630

  Yin, L ^a   Wang, X M ^a   Shen, Y P ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FILMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONITORING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SENSORS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; DELAMINATION;

LAMINATES;

EID: 0030150873     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(95)00290-1     Document Type: Article

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