The V-notched rail shear test

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-297

  Adams, Daniel O ^a   Moriarty, Joseph M ^a   Gallegos, Adam M ^a   Adams, Donald F ^b  

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

^b Wyoming Test Fixtures Incorporated Salt Lake City   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Mechanical properties; Shear modulus; Shear strength; Testing evaluation

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL TESTING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS;

EPOXY LAMINATES; TESTING/EVALUATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33846404076     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998306063369     Document Type: Article

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