Reliability-based design of blast-resistant composite laminates incorporating carbon nanotubes

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2042-2048

  Altunc, Arife B ^a   Kim, Jung J ^a   Al Haik, Marwan ^b   Reda Taha, Mahmoud M ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast resistant composite; Carbon nanotubes; Composite laminates; Probabilistic design; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BLAST RESISTANCE; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBERS; LAMINATES; NANOTUBES; RELIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; YARN;

BLAST RESISTANT; CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC RELIABILITY;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 80052288184     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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