Fatigue testing of impact-damaged T300/914 carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 379-389

  Symons, Digby D ^a   Davis, Graham ^b  

^a Cambridge Consultants Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fatigue; B. Impact behaviour; B. Non linear behaviour; C. Damage tolerance

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYSTERESIS; IMPACT TESTING; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CARBON FIBER; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMPACT; TESTING;

EID: 0034115309     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00138-4     Document Type: Article

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