Progressive damage analysis of tee joints with viscoelastic inserts

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 641-653

  Blake, J I R ^a   Shenoi, R A ^a   House, J ^b   Turton, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

TEE JOINTS; VISCOELASTIC INSERTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0035342020     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00158-5     Document Type: Article

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