Experimental studies on impact behaviour of woven fabric composites: Effect of impact parameters

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1347-1362

  Naik, N K ^a   Borade, S V ^a   Arya, H ^a   Sailendra, M ^a   Prabhu, S V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Compression after impact test; Damage tolerance; Impact resistance; Impactor mass; Incident impact energy; Incident impact velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; IMPACT RESISTANCE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COMPRESSION-AFTER-IMPACT TEST; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; IMPACTOR MASS; INCIDENT IMPACT ENERGY; INCIDENT IMPACT VELOCITY; WOVEN FABRIC COMPOSITES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0036391202     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684402021015294     Document Type: Article

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