Behaviour of composite wing t-joints in hygrothermal environments

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 404-413

  Rao, V V S ^a   Krishna Veni, K ^a   Sinha, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Composite materials; Damping; Laminates; Non linear control systems; Stress(materials)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE WING T-JOINTS; FAILURE CRITERIA; INTERLAMINAR PEEL INDEX; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR INDEX;

DAMPING; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYGROMETERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MOISTURE; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRESS;

WINGS;

EID: 4344664688     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660410545528     Document Type: Article

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