Progressive fracture and damage tolerance of composite pressure vessels

Journal of Advanced Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-26

  Chamis, Christos C ^a   Gotsis, Pascal K ^a   Minnetyan, Levon ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DURABILITY; PRESSURE VESSELS; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE PRESSURE VESSELS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031621183     PISSN: 10709789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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