Low-velocity impacts on preloaded GFRP specimens with various impactor shapes

Composite Structures

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-217

  Mitrevski, T ^a   Marshall, I H ^a   Thomson, R S ^b   Jones, R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Impact; Impactor shape; Low velocity; Preload

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); IMPACT RESISTANCE; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BIAXIAL PRELOAD; IMPACTOR SHAPE;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BIAXIAL LOADING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; IMPACT; LAMINATE; POLYESTER; VELOCITY;

EID: 33747839705     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.06.033     Document Type: Article

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