A status report on delamination resistance testing of polymer-matrix composites

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2779-2794

  Brunner, A J ^a   Blackman, B R K ^b   Davies, P ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Delamination resistance; Fracture toughness; Polymer matrix composites; Review; Standards; Test procedure

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STANDARDIZATION;

DELAMINATION RESISTANCE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 40649112892     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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