Experimental and numerical analysis of a bus component in composite material

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1706-1715

  Colombo, C ^a   Vergani, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue life prediction; Glass fibre composite; Internal damage

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXTENSIVE TESTING; FATIGUE DESIGN; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; FATIGUE TESTS; FIT PARAMETERS; GLASS FIBRE COMPOSITES; GLASS FIBRES; INTERNAL DAMAGES; INTERNAL TYPE; LONGITUDINAL REINFORCEMENT; MATRIX; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NORMAL DIRECTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POLYESTER RESIN; PULTRUDED COMPOSITES; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; SEM; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

BENDING TESTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYESTER RESINS; PULTRUSION; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

BENDING; ELASTIC MODULUS; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PULTRUSION; STRENGTH;

EID: 76049100683     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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