On the Role of Lengthscale in the Prediction of Failure of Composite Structures: Assessment and Needs

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-149

  Spearing, S Mark ^a   Lagace, Paul A ^a   Mcmanus, Hugh L N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite structures; Damage; Design; Failure; Lengthscale; Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011477431     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008876701815     Document Type: Article

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