Impact and compression-after-impact performance of weft-knitted glass textile composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 638-648

  Khondker, O A ^a   Leong, K H ^b   Herszberg, I ^c   Hamada, H ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

^c Coop Res Ctr Adv Compos S ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

B. Damage tolerance; B. Impact behaviour; D. Fractography; E. Knitting

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FRACTOGRAPHY; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; KNITTING MACHINERY; LAMINAR FLOW; MOLDING;

COMPRESSION-AFTER-IMPACT; GLASS TEXTILE COMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; WEFT-KNITTED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 13844297087     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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