Internal damage characterization for composite materials under biaxial loading configuration

This thesis contains the results of a composite material database developed for fiber glass laminates using test data from the in-plane loader (IPL). The IPL is a unique multi-axial test machine developed at Montana State University. The research was completed with the aim to improve the reliability...

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Main Author: Smith, Jay David
Language:en
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/smith/SmithJ0507.pdf