Experimental response of glass-reinforced plastic cylinders under axial compression

Marine Structures

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 347-371

  Elghazouli, A Y ^a   Chryssanthopoulos, M K ^a   Spagnoli, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial compression; Buckling; Composites; Cylinders; GRP structures; Shells

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSION TESTING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFORMATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LASER APPLICATIONS; POLYESTERS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; LASER SCANNING SYSTEMS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; COMPRESSION; CYLINDER; GLASS FIBER; MARINE STRUCTURE; PLASTIC;

EID: 0032216365     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8339(98)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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