Ballistic Impact Response of 3-D Four-Step Braided Glass/Epoxy Composites

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 141-143, Issue , 1998, Pages 349-366

  Jenq, S T ^a   Kuo, J T ^a   Sheu, L T ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ballistic Limit; Four Step Braiding; Glass Epoxy Composites; Impact Tests; Textile Composites

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY TEXTILES; PROJECTILES;

BALLISTIC LIMIT; FOUR STEP BRAIDING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MARC;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031677860     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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