Fatigue of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastics under block-loading conditions

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-337

  Harris, B ^a   Gathercole, N ^a   Reiter, H ^a   Adam, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block loading; Carbon fibre reinforced plastics; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BLOCK LOADING FATIGUE;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030649076     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(96)00131-5     Document Type: Article

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