Scale effects on the response of composite structures under impact loading

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2725-2736

  Viot, Philippe ^a   Ballère, Ludovic ^a   Guillaumat, Laurent ^a   Lataillade, Jean Luc ^a  

^a ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Damage; Impact; Similitude laws

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXTRAPOLATION; IMPACT STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DEVICES;

SIMILITUDE LAWS; SMALL-SCALE MODELS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; EXTRAPOLATION; IMPACT STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 40749120181     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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