Reliability formulation for composite laminates subjected to first-ply failure

Composite Structures

Volumn 38, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 447-452

  Kam, T Y ^a   Chang, E S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FIRST PLY FAILURE; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031130264     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(97)00079-2     Document Type: Article

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