EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF DAMAGE PROCESS IN CFRP COMPOSITE BEAMS UNDER LOW VELOCITY IMPACT

2016-07-03
Topaç, Ömer Tanay
Gürses, Ercan
Çöker, Demirkan

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Citation Formats
Ö. T. Topaç, E. Gürses, and D. Çöker, “EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF DAMAGE PROCESS IN CFRP COMPOSITE BEAMS UNDER LOW VELOCITY IMPACT,” 2016, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/87329.