Fracture and fatigue analysis of adhesively bonded composite joints

Glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite materials are predominantly finding wider use in civilian aircraft and wind turbine rotor designs. Adhesive bonding is commonly used to realize large composite structures due to their limited manufacturability to realize complex shapes. A successfu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tang, Jiann Haur
Other Authors: Sridhar Idapalapati
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61600