Compressive response and failure of braided textile composites: Part 1 - Experiments

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 635-648

  Quek, Shu Ching ^a   Waas, Anthony M ^a   Shahwan, Khaled W ^b   Agaram, Venkatesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HELIUM NEON LASERS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIAXIAL TESTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0141642068     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7462(03)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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