Temperature effects on Kevlar/hybrid and carbon fiber composite sandwiches under impact loading

Composite Structures

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-206

  Salehi Khojin, Amin ^a   Mahinfalah, Mohammad ^a   Bashirzadeh, Reza ^b   Freeman, Brian ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crash performance; Impact; Strength after impact; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRASH PERFORMANCE; IMPACT LOADING;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BENDING; CARBON FIBER; COMPRESSION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRENGTH; STRESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TESTING;

EID: 33845205035     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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