Static behaviour and damage of thick composite laminates

Composite Structures

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-22

  Zhou, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; ELASTICITY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHENOLIC RESINS; POLYESTERS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FLAT ENDED INDENTER; LOAD BEARING CAPABILITY;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; COMPOSITES, LAMINATED; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0030235578     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(96)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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