Hygrothermal effects on the initiation and propagation of damage in composite shells

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-399

  Ghosh, Anup ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Humidity; Shell structures

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATING; MOISTURE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; COMPOSITE SHELLS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); HYGROTHERMAL EFFECTS; HYGROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; INITIATION (ELECTRIC DISCHARGES); LAMINATED COMPOSITE SHELLS; LAMINATED SHELLS; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT (LVI); MOISTURE CONCENTRATION; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 47249150460     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660810882755     Document Type: Article

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