Fracture strength of E-glass fibre strands using acoustic emission

NDT and E International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 383-388

  Jihan, Sha ^a   Siddiquib, A M ^a   Sweet, M A S ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; E glass fibre strands; Fracture strength

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENSILE TESTING;

BIMODAL FLAW DISTRIBUTION;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 0031364643     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(97)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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