Life-prediction for constant-stress fatigue in carbon-fibre composites

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1727, 1997, Pages 1259-1294

  Harris, B ^a   Gathercole, N ^a   Lee, J A ^a   Reiter, H ^a   Adam, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042956495     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0055     Document Type: Article

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