ENERGY ABSORPTION AND DISSIPATION CHARACTERISTICS OF PULTRUDED GLASS-GRAPHITE/EPOXY HYBRID COMPOSITE BEAMS

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 1997-Y, Issue , 1997, Pages 99-116

  Kowsika, Murthy V S L N ^a   Mantena, P Raju ^a   Balasubramaniam, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; CRACK CLOSURE; DAMPING; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITES; HYBRID COMPOSITES; IMPACT TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRAIN ENERGY; STRAIN RATE; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; DAMPING CAPACITY; DELAMINATION CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION FRACTURE; ENERGY IMPACT; GRAPHITE EPOXY; HYBRID COMPOSITES; HYBRIDISATION; IMPACT PERFORMANCE; INCIDENT ENERGY;

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EID: 0039689813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE1997-1035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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