Effect of strain rate on the compression behavior of a woven glass fiber/SC-15 composite

Polymer Testing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 719-725

  Guden, M ^a   Yildirim, U ^a   Hall, I W ^b  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Compression; High strain rate; S 2 glass; SC 15 epoxy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METALLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFLECTION; RUBBER; STRAIN RATE;

COMPRESSION; HIGH STRAIN RATE; S-2 GLASS; SC-15 EPOXY;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 3042732542     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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