Low velocity impact and compression after impact tests on thin carbon/epoxy laminates

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2067-2079

  Ghelli, Daniele ^a   Minak, Giangiacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Buckling; B. Impact behaviour; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); Compression after impact (CAI)

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES; B. BUCKLING; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); COMPRESSION AFTER IMPACT (CAI); IMPACT BEHAVIOUR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 80051710349     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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