Residual strength after fatigue in composites: Theory vs. experiment

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2104-2116

  Philippidis, T P ^a   Passipoularidis, V A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Composites; Model comparison; Residual strength

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LAMINATES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MODEL COMPARISON; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; STRENGTH DEGRADATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 35448971416     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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