Size effect on the fiber strength of composite pressure vessels

Composite Structures

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-498

  Hwang, Tae Kyung ^a   Hong, Chang Sun ^a   Kim, Chun Gon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiber strength; Filament winding; Pressure vessel; Reliability; Size effect

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE VESSELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

COMPOSITE PRESSURE VESSELS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FILAMENT; PRESSURE; STRENGTH; VESSEL; WINDING;

EID: 0037360068     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00250-7     Document Type: Article

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