A study of delamination on graphite/epoxy composites in abrasive waterjet machining

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 923-929

  Shanmugam, D K ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Wang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Laminates; B. Delamination; C. Analytical modelling; E. Abrasive waterjet (AWJ) machining

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; GRAPHITE; LAMINATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ABRASIVE WATERJET (AWJ) MACHINING; ANALYTICAL MODELING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 44149125228     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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