Variability in mixed-mode delamination toughness with implications for research and practical applications

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1940-1950

  Teller, Scan S ^a,b,c   Davidson, Barry D ^a,b,c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; BENDING STRENGTH; DELAMINATION; PRODUCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TOUGHNESS;

ANDERSON DARLING TEST; DELAMINATION TOUGHNESS; LEG BENDING;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34250809699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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