Failure analysis of composite T-joints including inserts

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1642-1658

  Rispler, Adrian R ^a   Steven, Grant P ^a   Tong, Liyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TENSILE TESTING;

T JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031381729     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073168449701601802     Document Type: Article

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