Investigations of interlaminar fracture toughness of laminated polymeric composites

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-234

  Korjakin, A ^a   Rikards, R ^a   Buchholz, F G ^b   Richard, H A ^b   Bledzki, A K ^c   Wang, H ^b  

^a RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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EID: 0032350586     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02256041     Document Type: Article

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