Fatigue life methodology for tapered hybrid composite flexbeams

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 499-508

  Murri, Gretchen B ^a   Schaff, Jeffery R ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

A: Polymer matrix composite; B: Fatigue; C: Delamination; Flexbeam

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHARACTERIZATION; CYCLIC LOADS; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE TESTING;

CONSTANT AXIAL TENSION; CYCLIC BENDING LOADS; HELICOPTER ROTOR HUB FLEXBEAM; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 29644447543     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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