Facesheet delamination of composite sandwich materials at cryogenic temperatures

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2423-2435

  Gates, Thomas S ^a   Su, Xiaofeng ^c   Abdi, Frank ^c   Odegard, Gregory M ^b   Herring, Helen M ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Michigan Technical University   (United States)

^c ALPHASTAR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

C. Delamination; Composites; Cryogenic temperature; Launch vehicle; Sandwich material

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENICS; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; TOUGHNESS;

COMPOSITE SANDWICH MATERIALS; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURE; HONEYCOMB CORE; LAUNCH VEHICLE;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE; CRYOGENICS; DEBONDING; DELAMINATION; PRESSURE; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE; TESTING;

EID: 33746578528     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.01.028     Document Type: Article

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