Failure analysis of anisotropic composites utilizing commercial FEA software

Collection of the 2005 ASME Wind Energy Symposium Technical Papers at the 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 370-381

  Hermann, Thomas M ^a,b   Locke, James E ^a,b,c  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

ANISOTROPIC COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION FAILURE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 27744456578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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