Damage tolerance analysis of NCF composite sandwich panels

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2635-2645

  Edgren, Fredrik ^a   Soutis, Constantinos ^b   Asp, Leif E ^a,c  

^a SWEREA SICOMP AB   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. Structural materials; A. Textile composites; B. Defects; C. Notch; D. Compression after impact (CAI)

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DATA COMPRESSION; FABRICS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FORECASTING; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; PAPER SHEETING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

A. STRUCTURAL MATERIALS; A. TEXTILE COMPOSITES; B. DEFECTS; BARELY VISIBLE IMPACT DAMAGE; C. NOTCH; CARBON FIBRES; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; COMPOSITE SANDWICH PANELS; COMPRESSION AFTER IMPACT; D. COMPRESSION AFTER IMPACT (CAI); DAMAGE TOLERANCE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FACE SHEETS; FRACTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; IMPACT DAMAGES; NON-CRIMP FABRICS; NOTCH STRENGTH; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; SANDWICH PANELS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE;

CARBON FIBER FABRIC; COMPRESSION; DAMAGE; DEFECT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMPACT;

EID: 52749098524     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.04.041     Document Type: Article

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