Design, development, and implementation of test methods for determination of through thickness properties of laminated composites

Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 496-502

  Mespoulet, S ^a,c   Hodgkinson, J M ^a   Matthews, F L ^a   Hitchings, D ^b   Robinson, P ^b  

^a Centre for Composite Materials   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TENSILE TESTING;

TRANSVERSE COMPRESSIVE LOADING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0034505363     PISSN: 09598111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146580100101541355     Document Type: Article

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