Impact resistant fiber reinforced elastomer composite materials

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 49, Issue , 2004, Pages 891-900

  Rathnam, Karthic Vuppaladhadyam ^a,b   Peel, Larry D ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Composite Materials; Elastomers Rubber; Impact resistance Behavior

Indexed keywords

BASELINE METALS; ELASTOMERS/RUBBER; FIBERGLASS; IMPACT RESISTANCE/BEHAVIOR;

ALUMINUM; ELASTOMERS; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; POLYURETHANES; RUBBER; STEEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 23844458400     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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