INFLUENCE OF IMPACTOR MASS ON THE DAMAGE CHARACTERISTICS AND FAILURE STRENGTH OF LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES

INFLUENCE OF IMPACTOR MASS ON THE DAMAGE CHARACTERISTICS ANDFAILURE STRENGTH OF LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATESDamodar R. Ambur and Heather L. KemmerlyNASA Langley Research CenterHampton, VAPresented at the 39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures,Structural Dynamics, and Materials ConferenceAIAA Paper No. 98-1784Long Beach, CaliforniaApril 20-23, 1998

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