Fatigue behaviour of stitched GRP laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 695-701

  Shah Khan, M Z ^a   Mouritz, A P ^a  

^a AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fatigue mechanisms; GRP composite; Stitching

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; FATIGUE STRESSES; THROUGH THICKNESS STITCHING; ZERO TO TENSION CYCLIC LOADING;

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LOADS (FORCES); STRESSES;

LAMINATES;

COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; COMPOSITES; FATIGUE; GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED;

EID: 0030153221     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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