Delamination resistant laminates by Z-Fiber® pinning: Part I manufacture and fracture performance

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Partridge, Ivana K ^a   Cartié, Denis D R ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. Delamination; B. Fracture; Z Fiber

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; IMPACT RESISTANCE; LAMINATES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CONTROL SPECIMENS; MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESIN MATRIX; Z-FIBERS;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 6444234247     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(04)00180-0     Document Type: Article

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