A study of matrix crack tip delaminations and their influence on composite laminate stiffness

Advanced Composites Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 149-155

  Kashtalyan, Maria ^a   Soutis, Costas ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033465605     PISSN: 09636935     EISSN: 2633366X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096369359900800401     Document Type: Article

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