Design of end plugs and specimen reinforcement for testing ±55° glass/epoxy composite tubes under biaxial compression

Computers and Structures

Volumn 83, Issue 12-13, 2005, Pages 976-988

  Liu, W ^a   Soden, P D ^a   Kaddour, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Future Systems Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biaxial compression; Composite tubes; End closure; External pressure; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE TUBES; END CLOSURES; EXTERNAL PRESSURE; GLASS/EPOXY (GRP);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 14844299840     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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