Nondestructive detection of weak joints in adhesively bonded composite structures

Composite Structures

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-71

  Yang, Shuo ^a,b   Gu, Lan ^a   Gibson, Ronald F ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DAMPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ADHESIVE BONDED COMPOSITE MODELS;

ADHESIVE JOINTS;

ADHESION; BONDING; DEFECT; DETECTOR; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0034746407     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00125-2     Document Type: Article

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