Low-velocity impact damage on dispersed stacking sequence laminates. Part I: Experiments

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 926-936

  Lopes, C S ^a,b   Seresta, O ^d   Coquet, Y ^c   Gurdal Z ^a   Camanho, P P ^b   Thuis, B ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d ADOPTECH Inc   (United States)

^e Nationaal Lucht en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium NLR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Structural composites; B. Delamination; C. Damage tolerance; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); Low velocity impact

Indexed keywords

A. STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES; B. DELAMINATION; C. DAMAGE TOLERANCE; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); LOW-VELOCITY IMPACT;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPACT RESISTANCE; STEEL SHEET; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY;

PAPER LAMINATES;

BENDING; COMPRESSION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LAMINATE; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 64849104136     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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