Studies on the repair of ballistic impact damaged S2-glass/vinyl ester laminates

Composite Structures

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-290

  Hosur, M V ^a   Vaidya, U K ^b   Myers, D ^a   Jeelani, S ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic impact; Flexural strength; Repair; Thick composites; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; BENDING STRENGTH; ESTERS; GLASS; IMPACT TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

IMPACT LOADING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

BALLISTIC RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037494966     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(03)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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