Temperature effects on the impact behavior of fiberglass and Fiberglass/Kevlar sandwich composites

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 369-383

  Halvorsen, Aaron ^a   Salehi Khojn, Amin ^b   Mahinfalah, Mohammad ^b   Nakhaei Jazar, Reza ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Hybrid; Impact behavior; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOSETS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

FIBERGLASS/KEVLAR SANDWICH COMPOSITES; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IMPACT PROPERTIES; IMPACT STRENGTH;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 33751545555     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-006-9023-x     Document Type: Article

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