Experimental studies of thin-ply laminated composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 996-1008

  Sihn, Sangwook ^a   Kim, Ran Y ^a   Kawabe, Kazumasa ^b   Tsai, Stephen W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF FUKUI PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c Think Composites   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Impact behavior; B. Static and fatigue; C. Notch; C. Transverse cracking and delamination; Tow spreading technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAMINATION; IMPACT TESTING; LAMINATING; MICROCRACKING; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

IMPACT LOADINGS; SPLITTING DAMAGE; TOW-SPREADING TECHNOLOGY;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

CRACKING; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FILAMENT; LAMINATE; PLYING; SPREADING; TENSION;

EID: 33846484177     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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