Interlaminar shear strength comparison of stitched, unstitched, and braided composites

International SAMPE Technical Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bolick, Ronnie L ^a   Kelkar, Ajit D ^a   Tate, Jitendra S ^b  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Braided composites; Stitched composites; Vacuum assisted RTM (VARTM)

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED COMPOSITES; STITCHED COMPOSITES; STITCHING PATTERNS; VACUUM-ASSISTED RTM (VARTM);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COSTS; FUSELAGES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 33845754534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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