Reduction in tensile and flexural strength of unidirectional glass fibre-epoxy with increasing specimen size

Composite Structures

Volumn 38, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 405-411

  Wisnom, M R ^a   Atkinson, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

WEIBULL STRENGTH MODEL;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031136284     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(97)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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