On the life time prediction of repeatedly impacted thermoplastic matrix composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-153

  Bora, Mustafa Özgür ^a   Çoban, Onur ^a   Sinmazçelik, Tamer ^a,b   Cürgül, Ismail ^a   Günay, Volkan ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

E. Fracture; E. Mechanical; H. Failure analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY LEVELS; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; FIBRE REINFORCED; INSTRUMENTED IMPACT TESTER; LIFETIME PREDICTIONS; LOW VELOCITIES; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT (LVI); MATRIX COMPOSITES; PEAK LOADS; POLYETHERIMIDE (PEI); REPEATED IMPACT; UNIDIRECTIONAL (UD);

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMPACT TESTING; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

EID: 48549086587     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.04.036     Document Type: Article

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