Fatigue crack growth analysis of adhesively repaired panel using perfectly and imperfectly composite patches

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-28

  Naboulsi, S ^a   Mall, S ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BONDING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ADHESIVELY REPAIRED PANELS; COMPOSITE PATCHES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0031247090     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8442(97)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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