Structural integrity of aerospace textile composites under fatigue loading

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 79-84

  Kelkar, A D ^a   Tate, J S ^b   Bolick, R ^a  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

^b Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Braided; Fatigue; Stitched; VARTM; Woven; Z pinned

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; TEXTILES;

AEROSPACE TEXTILE COMPOSITES; FATIGUE LOADING; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES; IMPACT STRENGTH; MOLDING; SPACE (COSMIC); TEXTILES;

EID: 33746627221     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2006.02.033     Document Type: Article

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