Some aspects of vibration damping improvement in composite materials

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 809-817

  Benchekchou, B ^a   Coni, M ^a   Howarth, H V C ^a   White, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. Finite element analyses (FEA); Damping

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DAMPING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032304528     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(98)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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