Ultrasonic techniques to characterize pultruded composite members

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 126-131

  Littles Jr , Jerrol W ^a   Jacobs, Laurence J ^b   Zureick, Abdul Hamid ^b  

^a PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MECHANICAL TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PULTRUSION; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; SURFACE WAVES; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE MEASUREMENTS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032141063     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(1998)2:3(126)     Document Type: Article

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