Measurement techniques for buckling sensitive composite shells

Strain

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Esong, I E ^a   Elghazouli, A Y ^a   Chryssanthopoulos, M K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated scanning; Buckling; Composites; Deformation measurement; Geometric imperfections; Laser sensors; Shells

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFORMATION; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

DEFORMATION MEASUREMENT;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0031997905     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.1998.tb01070.x     Document Type: Article

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