Shear properties of a sandwich composite containing defects

Composite Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-118

  Thomson, R S ^a   Shah Khan, M Z ^b   Mouritz, A P ^b  

^a Coop Res Ctr for Adv Compos S ^*  (Australia)

^b AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA REDUCTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SHEAR STRENGTH;

GLASS REINFORCED POLYMER (GRP) SKINS; SANDWICH COMPOSITES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; COMPOSITES, GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; DEFECTS; SHEAR PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032098292     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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