Measurement of thermal expansion coefficients of composites using strain gages

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 233-241

  Lanza Di Scalea, F ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEM ^*

Author keywords

Composite materials; Data reductions; Electrical strain gages; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN GAGES; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ELECTRIC STRAIN GAGES; INVAR SPECIMEN; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; UNIDIRECTIONAL LAMINA;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 0032438130     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02410384     Document Type: Article

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