Flexural fatigue behaviour of randomcontinous-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 957-965

  Caprino, G ^a   D'Amore, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

B. fatigue; Composites; Stress ratio; Weibull

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; DUCTILITY; FATIGUE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; PROBABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FOUR-POINT BENDING TESTS; STRESS RATIO;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTING, FATIGUE;

EID: 0032098282     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-3538(97)00221-2     Document Type: Article

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