Design and development of hybrid composite bistable structures for energy absorption under quasi-static tensile loading

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Winkelmann, Charles ^a   Kim, Samuel S ^a   La Saponara, Valeria ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistable; Carbon; Composite; Damage tolerance; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

BI-STABLE COMPOSITE; BISTABLE STRUCTURES; BISTABLES; CARBON COMPOSITES; CONFIGURABLE; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; HYBRID COMPOSITES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MONOLITHIC MATERIAL; NUMBER OF LAYERS; QUASI-STATIC; SAW-TOOTH; UHMW-PE; WAITING LINKS;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; DAMAGE; DESIGN; POLYETHYLENE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 77955274347     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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