Effect of process parameters during forming of self reinforced - PP based Fiber Metal Laminate

Composite Structures

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 332-337

  Kalyanasundaram, S ^a   DharMalingam, S ^b   Venkatesan, S ^a   Sexton, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dome forming; Fiber Metal Laminate; Real time strain measurement system; Thermoplastic composites

Indexed keywords

BLANK HOLDER FORCES; FIBER METAL LAMINATES; FORMING BEHAVIOR; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REAL TIME STRAIN MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SELF REINFORCED; STAMP FORMING; STRAIN RATIOS; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84871521604     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.08.053     Document Type: Article

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