Influence of disorder on the evolution of interface cracks in unidirectional composites

Science and Engineering of Composite Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-158

  Axelsen, Mikael Staal ^a   Pyrz, Ryszard ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Interface cracks; Non regular fibre distribution; Stress analysis fibre interaction; Unit cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000154869     PISSN: 0334181X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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