Assessment of recent theories for predicting failure of composite laminates

Applied Mechanics Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 1-6, 2007, Pages 76-86

  Icardi, U ^a   Locatto, S ^a   Longo, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REINFORCEMENT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT FIBERS; FAILURE MECHANISMS;

LAMINATES;

EID: 42349110333     PISSN: 00036900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2515639     Document Type: Review

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