Structural repair of composite structural armor

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1695-1717

  Mahdi, S ^a   Gama, B A ^a   Yarlagadda, S ^a   Gillespie Jr , J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive; Composite structural armor; Level III scarf repair; Structural repair

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BALLISTICS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TILE;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ARMOR (CSA); LEVEL III SCARF REPAIR; MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL REPAIR;

ARMOR;

EID: 27544509237     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998305051114     Document Type: Article

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