Strain monitoring in composite patched structures

Composite Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-338

  Findik, F ^a   Mrad, N ^b   Johnston, A ^b  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesive; Aircraft; Composites; FM 300; FM 73; Graphite patch; Thermal residual strains; Thermal strains

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; AIRCRAFT; CURING; EPOXY RESINS; GRAPHITE; REPAIR; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE;

GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITES; STRAIN MONITORING; THERMAL STRAIN;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033894773     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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