Predicting the compressive engineering performance of carbon fibre-reinforced plastics

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 531-536

  Soutis, C ^a   Smith, F C ^b   Matthews, F L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b P ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; YIELD STRESS;

CONTINUOUS COMPOSITES; LINEAR SOFTENING COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; MULTIDIRECTIONAL LAMINATES; OPEN HOLE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL LAMINATES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0033740670     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(99)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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