Impact response of cylindrically curved laminates including a large deformation scaling study

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 61-75

  Kistler, Laura S ^a   Waas, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

GEOMETRIC NONLINEARITY; IMPACT DAMAGE;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 0031628337     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(97)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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