Prediction of cryogen leak rate through damaged composite laminates

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-71

  Peddiraju, Pravin ^a   Noh, Jae ^a   Whitcomb, John ^a   Lagoudas, Dimitris C ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance; Cracks; Cryogen; Delamination; Leakage

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENICS; DELAMINATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MICROCRACKING;

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; FLOW RESISTANCE; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES (RLV); TRANSVERSE MATRIX CRACKS (TMC);

LAMINATES;

EID: 33845532267     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998306063352     Document Type: Article

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