Compression strength reduction in composites with in-plane fiber waviness

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1330, Issue , 1998, Pages 76-96

  Joyce, Peter J ^a   Moon, Tess J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Compression testing; Finite element analysis; In plane fiber waviness; Layer waviness; Ply waviness

Indexed keywords

EID: 11744328356     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp13267s     Document Type: Article

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