Residual strength of sandwich panels with hail damage

Composite Structures

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-412

  Das, Manabendra ^a   Oterkus, Erkan ^a   Madenci, Erdogan ^a   Razi, Hamid ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indentation; Repair; Residual strength; Sandwich

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROGRAMMING THEORY; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; AIRLINE OPERATIONS; AIRPLANE STRUCTURES; COMPOSITE AIRPLANES; DAM-AGE ZONES; ENERGY LEVELS; FACE SHEETS; FAILURE LOADS; HAIL DAMAGES; HIGHER ORDERS; INDENTATION; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; PLATE ELEMENTS; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SANDWICH; SANDWICH PANELS; SINGLE-LAYER THEORIES; STRESS AND STRAINS; TENSILE LOADS;

REPAIR;

AIRCRAFT; COMPOSITE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 59249095206     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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