Geometry and damage effects in a composite marine T-joint

Composite Structures

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Dharmawan, Ferry ^a   Thomson, Rodney S ^b   Li, Henry ^a   Herszberg, Israel ^b   Gellert, Evan ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Advanced Composite Structures Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHIPS; STRAIN;

STRAIN DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 4143067933     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.04.036     Document Type: Article

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