Hydrogen gas leak rate testing and post-testing assessment of microcrack damaged composite laminates

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 5111-5120

  Grenoble, Ray W ^a,c   Gates, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c Mechanics of Structures and Materials Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; HYDROGEN; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MICROCRACKS; RADIOGRAPHY; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; HYDROGEN GAS LEAK RATE; LEAK MEASUREMENTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 34147204756     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-2017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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