journal article·2026-02

Interfacial Delamination and Corresponding Mechanisms of Integrated Sandwich Composite Structure Fabricated Via Internal Thermal Expansion Technique

Yunfei Peng, Maojun Li, Xujing Yang, Hanting Zuo, Bingjie Sun, Shilong Lv

Applied Composite Materials· Volume 33· Issue 1
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