Cyclic creep and creep-fatigue interaction in sandwich beams

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Shenoi, R A ^a   Allen, H G ^a   Clark, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B rger model; Composites; Creep; Creep fatigue interaction; Fatigue; FRP; Power law model; S N curve; Sandwich; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CREEP; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; VISCOELASTICITY;

BURGER MODEL; POWER LAW MODEL;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030672696     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0309324971513175     Document Type: Article

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