Impact dynamics and damage in composite structures

Composite Structures

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-188

  Christoforou, Andreas P ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Composite structures; Damage resistance and tolerance; Impact dynamics

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DEGRADATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

IMPACT DYNAMICS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; DAMAGE; IMPACT;

EID: 0035341073     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00166-5     Document Type: Article

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