Impact and post impact response of laminated beams at low temperatures

Composite Structures

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-17

  Ibekwe, Samuel I ^a   Mensah, Patrick F ^a   Li, Guoqiang ^a,b   Pang, Su Seng ^b   Stubblefield, Michael A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling; Damage tolerance; Impact; Laminates; Low temperature; Strength

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPACT TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LAMINATED BEAMS; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT TESTS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

BUCKLING; COMPRESSION; DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; IMPACT; LAMINATE; STRENGTH; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TESTING INSTRUMENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 33845189304     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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