Design and manufacturing considerations for ply drops in composite structures

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 523-534

  Cairns, D S ^a   Mandell, J F ^a   Scott, M E ^a   Maccagnano, J Z ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; MANUFACTURE; POLYESTERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FATIGUE DAMAGE; MANUFACTURING CONSIDERATIONS; PLY DROP GEOMETRIES; PLY DROPS; PLY STACKING SEQUENCES; THICKNESSES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032598231     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(98)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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