Modified short beam shear test for measurement of interlaminar shear strength of composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 453-464

  Abali, Felix ^a   Pora, Adrian ^a   Shivakumar, Kunigal ^a  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon carbon composites; Composite material; Interlaminar shear strength; Modified short beam shear test

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR FLEXIBLE COMPOSITES; SHORT BEAM SHEAR TEST;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0037247513     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998303037005053     Document Type: Article

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