A study on estimation of damage accumulation of glass fibre reinforce plastic (GFRP) composites under a block loading situation

Composite Structures

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 88-92

  Epaarachchi, Jayantha A ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Block loading; Cumulative damage; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BLOCK LOADING; CUMULATIVE FATIGUE DAMAGE; DAMAGE ACCUMULATION;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

DAMAGE; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LOADING (TESTING); MATHEMATICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745760271     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.04.063     Document Type: Article

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