Impact energy absorption characteristics of composite structures

Composite Structures

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-390

  Lee, Dai Gil ^a   Lim, Tae Seong ^a   Cheon, Seong Sik ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

IMPACT ENERGY ABSORPTION; IMPACT FRACTURE MODELS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; STRAIN; TENSILE PROPERTY; TESTING; TESTING INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0034352966     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00117-3     Document Type: Article

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