Designing with z-pins : locally reinforced composite structures

This thesis describes specific new applications of Z-Fibre ® pinning and focuses the attention onto the failure modes of locally reinforced (z-pinned) structures. Design implications of the use of localised reinforcement on structures, rather than laboratory coupons, are considered. Z-pinning reinfo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lander, James K.
Other Authors: Partridge, Ivana K.
Published: Cranfield University 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512778