Life-cycle performance model for composites in construction

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-246

  Richard, Deepak ^a   Hong, Taehoon ^b   Hastak, Makarand ^c   Mirmiran, Amir ^d   Salem, Ossama ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Damage tolerance; C. Analytical modelling; C. Damage mechanics; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DURABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYTICAL MODELING; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750873509     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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