Fatigue characteristics of foam core sandwich composites

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-102

  Shafiq, Basir ^a   Quispitupa, Amilcar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Fatigue; Sandwich composites

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CRACK INITIATION; FOAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FAILURE ACTIVITY; FIBER RAPTURE; FOAM CORES; SANDWITCH COMPOSITES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 27644576425     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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