Wrinkling of sandwich polymer matrix composite panels under transverse thermal gradients

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-160

  Gu, Pei ^a,b   Asaro, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MSC SOFTWARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Material degradation; Polymer matrix composites; Thermal gradients; Wrinkling

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FIRES; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FIRE DAMAGE; MATERIAL DEGRADATION; TRANSVERSE THERMAL GRADIENTS; WRINKLING;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 38749149181     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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