Low velocity impact induced damage evaluation and its effect on the residual flexural properties of pultruded GRP composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-201

  Zhang, Z Y ^a   Richardson, M O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defects; Impact behaviour; Non destructive testing; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs)

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BENDING TESTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

ELECTRONIC SPECKLE PATTERN INTERFEROMETRY; FALLING WEIGHT IMPACT TEST MACHINE; IMPACT-INDUCED DAMAGE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

BENDING; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; DAMAGE; DEFECT; DENSITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FORCE; GLASS FIBER; IMPACT; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATRIX; POLYESTER; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY; TESTING; THICKNESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 34250665452     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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