A validation study of the Montana State University in-plane loader

Characterizing a polymer composite material's response to loading beyond the elastic region is less well defined than it is for other structural materials such as metals. The Naval Research Laboratory has developed a method that uses dissipated energy as a metric to facilitate this characteriza...

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Main Author: Collett, Aaron Bruce
Language:en
Published: 2006
Online Access:http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2006/collett/CollettA0806.pdf