Damage accumulation processes and life prediction in unidirectional composites

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2080, 2007, Pages 1135-1152

  Blassiau, S ^a,b   Bunsell, A R ^a   Thionnet, A ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DES MATÉRIAUX   (France)

^b GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Finite element; Lifetime prediction; Multiscale modelling; Unidirectional composite

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348986183     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.1817     Document Type: Article

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