Fatigue residual strength of circular laminate graphite-epoxy composite plates damaged by transverse load

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1358-1363

  Minak, G ^a   Morelli, P ^a   Zucchelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; B. Fatigue; B. Impact behaviour; C. Probabilistic methods; D. Acoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON FIBRE; B. FATIGUE; B. IMPACT BEHAVIOUR; C. PROBABILISTIC METHODS; D. ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE TESTING; GRAPHITE; LAMINATES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESINS; SAFETY FACTOR; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

CARBON FIBER; COMPOSITE; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; STRENGTH; TENSION; TESTING;

EID: 67349121283     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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