25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-10.4.5

CYCLIC BUCKLING TESTS OF CFRP CURVED PANELS

C. Bisagni, P. Cordisco, H. Abramovich*, T. Weller*
Politecnico di Milano, Italy; *Technion, Israel

Keywords: composite, buckling, cyclic

The paper presents the results of cyclic buckling tests on CFRP curved panels for understanding the behaviour in the post-buckling field when it is reached a repeated number of times. The effect of cyclic buckling is evaluated in terms of strains, post-buckling deformation, and damages growth.

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