The high strain rate response of PVC foams and end-grain balsa wood

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-91

  Tagarielli, V L ^a   Deshpande, V S ^a   Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Foams; A. Wood; B. Mechanical properites; Strain rate sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FOAMS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; STRAIN RATE; WOOD;

HIGH STRAIN RATE COMPRESSION TESTS; POLYMERIC FOAMS; STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

COMPOSITES; FOAM; OCHROMA; WOOD;

EID: 35548954198     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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