Spall strength of glass fiber reinforced polymer composites

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7731-7747

  Yuan, Fuping ^a   Tsai, Liren ^a   Prakash, Vikas ^a   Rajendran, A M ^b   Dandekar, Dattatraya P ^c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination strength; Glass fiber reinforced polymer composite (GRP); Layered heterogeneous material systems; Plate impact experiments; Spall strength

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; INTERFEROMETERS; POLYESTERS; SHEAR STRAIN; SPALLING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

DELAMINATION STRENGTH; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES (GRP); LAYERED HETEROGENEOUS MATERIAL SYSTEMS; PLATE IMPACT EXPERIMENTS; SPALL STRENGTH;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 35048876146     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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