The constrained torsional characteristics of some carbon fibre composite box-beams

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 233-252

  Loughlan, J ^a   Ata, M ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE BOX BEAMS; CONSTRAINED TORSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0031177286     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0263-8231(97)00044-x     Document Type: Article

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