Behavior of tensile preloaded composites subjected to low-velocity impact loads

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 369, Issue , 1997, Pages 39-42

  Kelkar, Ajit D ^a   Sankar, J ^a   Grace, C ^a   Aschenbrenner, Roger J ^b   Schoeppner, Gregory ^b  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; IMPACT TESTING; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

IMPACT LOADS; TENSILE PRELOADED COMPOSITES;

GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031359557     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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