In-plane shear testing of thick-section pultruded FRP composites using a modified Arcan fixture

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 421-428

  El Hajjar, Rani ^a   Haj Ali, Rami ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Layered structures; B. Thermal properties; D. Mechanical testing; E. Pultrusion

Indexed keywords

LAMINATING; LOADING; MECHANICAL TESTING; PULTRUSION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TORSIONAL STRESS;

BIAXIAL STRESS; CONTINUOUS FILAMENT MATS (CFM); LAYERED STRUCTURES; WOVEN FABRICS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 2342626535     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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