Approaches to damage assessment and damage tolerance for FRP sandwich structures

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 571-596

  Hayman, Brian ^a,b  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Damage; Damage assessment; Damage tolerance; Defects; FRP sandwich structures

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTION DEFECTS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 35448990884     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636207070853     Document Type: Article

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