Single-bolt tension joint tests on pultruded GRP plate - effects of tension direction relative to pultrusion direction

Composite Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-351

  Turvey, G J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced composite; Glass fiber; Tension; Testing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PLASTICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PULTRUSION; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GLASS REINFORCED PLASTICS; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

TENSILE TESTING;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; TENSION; TESTING;

EID: 0032148166     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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