Low temperature effect on impact response of quasi-isotropic glass/epoxy laminated plates

Composite Structures

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-323

  Icten, Bulent Murat ^a   Atas, Cesim ^a   Aktas, Mehmet ^b   Karakuzu, Ramazan ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b USAK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Damage tolerance; Glass fibers; Impact behavior; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED ENERGY; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; CONTACT LOAD; CONTACT TIME; GLASS/EPOXY; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IMPACT CHARACTERISTICS; IMPACT ENERGY; IMPACT RESPONSE; IMPACT TEST; IMPACTORS; LAMINATED GLASS; LAMINATED PLATE; MAXIMUM DEFLECTION; STACKING SEQUENCE;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; GLASS FIBERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; DAMAGE; EPOXY RESIN; GLASS FIBER; IMPACT; LAMINATE; TEMPERATURE; TESTING;

EID: 68349102040     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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