Mechanical behavior and damage evolution in E-glass vinyl ester and carbon composites subjected to static and blast loads

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-65

  Tekalur, Srinivasan Arjun ^a   Shivakumar, Kunigal ^b   Shukla, Arun ^a  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; Blast loading; C. Damage mechanics; E. Resin transfer moulding (RTM)

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ESTERS; LOADS (FORCES); SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES; DYNAMIC DAMAGE BEHAVIOR; E-GLASS FABRIC LAYERS; SHEAR PROPERTIES; VARTM PROCESS;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

EID: 35549002642     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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