An investigation of bending fatigue behavior for glass-fiber reinforced polyester composite materials

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 212-217

  Sakin, Raif ^a   Ay, Irfan ^a   Yaman, Ramazan ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING TESTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INFILTRATION; POLYESTERS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

BENDING FATIGUE; THREE-POINT BENDING TEST;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ANISOTROPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING TESTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INFILTRATION; POLYESTERS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 34548618032     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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