Experimental investigation of delamination buckling of stitched composite laminates

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2024-2033

  Parlapalli, Madhusudhana R ^a   Soh, Kwok C ^b   Shu, Dong W ^a   Ma, Guowei ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

B. Buckling; B. Delamination; Composites; E. Stitching

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; GLASS; STITCHING (METAL JOINING); STRAIN; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BUCKLING LOADS; MEMBRANE STRAIN PLOT METHODS; THICKNESS STITCHING; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 34548048372     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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