A study on the fatigue crack growth behaviour of thick aluminum panels repaired with a composite patch

Composite Structures

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Chung, Ki Hyun ^a   Yang, Won Ho ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

ALUMINUM PANELS;

ALUMINUM;

CRACKING; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; REPAIR;

EID: 0037400083     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00338-0     Document Type: Article

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