The effect of defects on the performance of post-buckled CFRP stringer-stiffened panels

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 623-633

  Greenhalgh, Emile ^a   Meeks, Charlotte ^b   Clarke, Andrew ^b   Thatcher, James ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Damage tolerance; D. Mechanical testing; E. Prepreg

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL TESTING; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EMBEDDED DEFECTS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0037683149     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(03)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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