Statistical properties of hybrid composites: Asymptotic distributions for strain

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-208

  Harlow, D G ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CHAIN OF BUNDLES PROBABILITY MODELS; HYBRID COMPOSITES; HYBRID EFFECTS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031152890     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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