Compressive behaviour of CFRP laminates repaired with adhesively bonded external patches

Composite Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-301

  Soutis, C ^a   Duan, D M ^a   Goutas, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATERIALS TESTING; REPAIR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPOSITE PATCHES; CRITICAL FAILURE MECHANISM; DAMAGE INITIATION; MECHANICAL FASTENING;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ADHESION; AIRCRAFT; BUCKLING; CARBON FIBER; CRACKING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; TESTING;

EID: 0033180219     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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