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  • Multi-scale Progressive Fatigue Damage Analysis of CFRP Laminates Based on Micromechanics

  • Bowen Zheng*, Gun Jin Yun**†

  • *Department of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
    **Department of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Institute of Advanced Aerospace Technology, Seoul National University

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Correspondence to

  • Gun Jin Yun

  • Department of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Institute of Advanced Aerospace Technology, Seoul National University

  • E-mail: gunjin.yun@snu.ac.kr