Probabilistic strength analysis of four-directional laminated composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 649-656

  Gurvich, Mark R ^a,b   Pipes, R Byron ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Laminated composite; Multi step failure; Probabilistic analysis; Reliability; Sublaminate

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION THEORY; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY FUNCTION; FOUR DIRECTIONAL REINFORCEMENT; MULTI-STEP FAILURE; RELIABILITY PROGNOSTICATION; SUBLAMINATES; UNIAXIAL TENSION;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES; FIBRE PROPERTIES; LAMINATES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030153218     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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