Flexural behavior of sandwich beams fabricated by vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding

Composite Structures

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-253

  Dai, Jin ^a   Hahn, H Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Flexural; Sandwich; VARTM

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; VACUUM;

FLEXURAL LOADING;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

FATIGUE; FLEXIBILITY; LAMINATE; LOADING; NONWOVEN FABRIC; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VACUUM;

EID: 0038269289     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(03)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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