EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS: FOURTH EDITION

Experimental Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-351

  Carlsson, Leif A ^a   Adams, Donald F ^a   Pipes, R Byron ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b16618     Document Type: Book

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