Static behaviour of preconditioned glass-fibre-reinforced epoxy sandwich I-beams

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 6 SPEC. SEC., 1999, Pages 963-973

  Zhou, G ^a   Forbes, A J ^b   Foster, N ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Slingsby Aviation Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Strength; C. Deformation; C. Sandwich; Static mechanical behaviour

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DELAMINATION; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BARELY VISIBLE IMPACT DAMAGE; STATIC MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRENGTH; TESTING;

EID: 0032772939     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00136-5     Document Type: Article

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