Drop weight impact response of woven natural silk/Epoxy laminated composite plates

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 289-295

  Ude, A U ^a   lashlem, A K Ariffin A A ^a   Azhari, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Damage fragmentation; Impact damage; Silk fibre composite

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355169223     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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