Determining the through-thickness properties of FRP materials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1411-1420

  Ferguson, R F ^a   Hinton, M J ^a   Hiley, M J ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STANDARDIZATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

THROUGH THICKNESS PROPERTIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IN PLANE LOADS; WAISTED BLOCK;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; DESIGN; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; TESTING;

EID: 0344972945     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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