Aspects of the failure and postfailure of fiber composites in compression

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2000-2037

  Kyriakides, S ^a   Ruff, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIBER COMPOSITES; KINK BANDS; POSTFAILURE;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031373905     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839703102001     Document Type: Article

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