Strain-Rate Effects on Unidirectional Carbon-Fiber Composites

AIAA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2020-2028

  Salvi, Amit G ^a   Chung, Jaeung ^a   Waas, Anthony M ^a   Caliskan, Ari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRAIN RATE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CRACK POSITION;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0142089955     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1892     Document Type: Article

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