Energy absorption and damage evaluation of grid stiffened composite panels under transverse loading

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 191-199

  Jadhav, Prakash ^a   Raju Mantena, P ^a   Gibson, Ronald F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Transverse cracking; C. Damage mechanics; C. Finite Elsement Analysis; D. Mecanical testing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; ISOGRID COMPOSITE PANELS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TOOLS; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 28544452425     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2005.05.017     Document Type: Article

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