Steady-state and multiple cracking of short random fiber composites

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 2246-2264

  Li, Victor C ^a   Leung, Christopher K Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION;

BRITTLENESS; MULTIPLE CRACKING; STEADY STATE CRACKING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0026943526     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1992)118:11(2246)     Document Type: Article

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