Influence of specimen preparation and specimen size on composite transverse tensile strength and scatter

NASA Technical Memorandum

Volumn , Issue 211030, 2001, Pages 1-27

  O'Brien, T Kevin ^a   Chawan, Arun D ^b   DeMarco, Kevin ^c   Paris, Isabelle ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending tests; Carbon epoxy; Glass epoxy; Matrix cracking; Scale effects; Transverse Tensile Strength; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844520328     PISSN: 04999320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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