Influence of compression and shear on the strength of composite laminates with Z-pinned reinforcement

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-189

  O'Brien, T Kevin ^a   Krueger, Ronald ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression strength; Laminates; Shear; z pin

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS;

COMPRESSION STRENGTH; COSSERAT COUPLE STRESS THEORY; PLATE THEORY ANALYSIS; SHEAR; Z-PIN;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 33745876842     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-005-9005-4     Document Type: Article

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