Reliability of components in composite materials

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-177

  Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LAMINATES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

LAMINATED COMPONENTS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031062070     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0951-8320(96)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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