Study on impact properties of through-thickness stitched foam sandwich composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 412-421

  Xia, Fan ^a   Wu, Xiao qing ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Average damage angle; Foam core sandwich composites; Maximal cracking width; Penetration depth; Through thickness stitching

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DAMAGE ANGLE; FOAM CORE SANDWICH COMPOSITES; MAXIMAL CRACKING WIDTH; PENETRATION DEPTH; THROUGH-THICKNESS STITCHING;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

FOAMS;

COMPOSITE; CRACKING; DAMAGE; FOAM; IMPACT; LOADING (TESTING); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349843282     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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