Flexural fatigue characteristics of sandwich structures at different loading frequencies

Composite Structures

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-410

  Kanny, K ^a   Mahfuz, H ^b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FREQUENCIES; LOADING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATE (FCGR); FLEXURAL FATIGUE;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LOADING (TESTING); TESTING;

EID: 10644290688     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.01.021     Document Type: Article

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