An Experimental Investigation on Fracture Analysis of Polymer Matrix Composite under Different Thermal Cycling Conditions

Subject Areas : Engineering

A.R  Ghasemi ¹ (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Solid Mechanics, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran)
M  Moradi ² (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Solid Mechanics, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran)

Received: 2017-07-02 Accepted : 2017-09-04 Published : 2017-12-30

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