Descriptive relationships between bearing response and macroscopic damage in GRP bolted joints

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 593-605

  Vangrimde, B ^a,b   Boukhili, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

B. Fracture; Bearing; D. Mechanical testing; E. Joints joining

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LAMINATES;

LAMINATE ARCHITECTURES;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0042229172     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(03)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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