Pendulum impact machines; procedures and specimens.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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0803134029

Pendulum impact machines; procedures and specimens.

Ed. by Thomas Siewert et al.

ASTM International

2006

101 pages

$42.00

Paperback

STP 1476

TA418

This work consists of nine papers from the November 2004 Second Symposium on Pendulum Impact Machines, plus one submit...

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