Design of a modified three-rail shear test for shear fatigue of composites

Polymer Testing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-359

  De Baere, I ^a   Van Paepegem, W ^a   Degrieck, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Composites; Design; Fatigue; Three rail shear test

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; POLYMER MATRIX; STRESS ANALYSIS;

POLYPHENYLENE SULPHIDE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 41749085065     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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