Damage tolerance assessment of composite sandwich panels with localised damage

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 15-16 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2597-2611

  Zenkert, Dan ^a   Shipsha, Andrey ^a   Bull, Peter ^a   Hayman, Brian ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

A: Carbon fibre; B: Impact behaviour; C: Damage tolerance; Sandwich; Strength

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMPACT TESTING; INDENTATION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPOSITE SANDWICH PANELS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE ASSESSMENT; IMPACT BEHAVIOUR; IMPACT DAMAGE; INDENTATION DAMAGE;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

CARBON; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMPACT; STRENGTH;

EID: 27644488335     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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